For the record, tye was the first one to show me that trick. (tye++ yet again) But .... please be careful with local - reserve its use for temporarily resetting Perl's built-in variables. Don't use it on, well, anything else. ;) Read Anti-snippet (or, "local" considered dangerous to fools") if you haven't already.

And you are most welcome. :)

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)