Thanks for replying. yes I did find some stuff on CPAN right after the initial post. Hoenestly this is why I love PERL, everytime I am writing something and I have a idea or wish I could do something easier, I find it! Either here, cpan or some other group. Thanks again for the help, and to answer your question I was looking for code effiency in this instance, and your two lines was better than my 3, so that works. I like the List-Compare Mod, and I also found List-Utils which I am looking through now. we'll see how the scrip goes.

thanks again