I used your solution first because it seemed the most straight forward and required the least amount of change to my existing code.

It worked perfectly and accomplished exactly what I wanted. The problem I had been running into was, indeed, that I was trying to be too "smart". From the moment I sat down to write the routine, I did it with the mindset that I'd accomplish everything in one sub which obviously was rediculous (now I see the error of my ways).

I had suspected that doing what you suggested would work and may be the necessary way, but I also thought that there must be a standard solution to doing it all in one simple routine and that I was just too inexperienced to see it. Forest for the trees.

Now that I at least have it working, I intend to go back and try implementing some of the changes the other posters above suggested for more efficiency, readability and flexibility.

Thanks for the help!

In reply to Re: Re: Collecting data in a recursive routine. by Anonymous Monk
in thread Collecting data in a recursive routine. by Anonymous Monk

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