First of all, thanks for a reply. I agree with 'it will encourage others to ask' and 'lots of people asking us to do homework assignments will end up harming this community'. We explained him why he should learn it. Many things were said. I just thought it was the time to tell him how to do it and let him do whatever he wants to do with the solution. BTW it's not that bad to point out a solution when someone learns new things. I agreee I gave him the done assigment but still... it could help him to understand what he was asked for and do the next task by himself. It's really about how much to help. I think we can discuss it forever. I agree we shouldn't tell others how to do their homework, we should help to correct mistakes in one's code but not to create it as someone said in the thread. Monks warned him and explained him why he had to learn perl. That's why I posted that script for him. BTW I saw questions like 'is there any module to do ...' it's the same sort of questions. I think we should answer such questions. I agree this situation was different as he stated he didn't want to learn. Anyways it's really should be posted to 'PerlMonks Discussion'. I'm a little afraid to post it there. I just think it will get negative feedback as it did and that's about it, nothing else. I just do not understand the rules of the monastery sometimes. That's just me... I'm sorry if I broke them. I'll do my best to be a 'good monk' hehe. Thank you again!