Then I shall thank you. I had not realized that referring to Perl as PERL would have upset anyone. My appologies. As for the rest of these comments, I appreciate them, they are a great help to my thoughts. I was starting to feel so alone in my native world, so many people decide to keep the mysteries of programming to themselves in my home. . . Those that don't, disappointment with being so, uncaring of the other persons computer. . .