That appears to have done it. I have been going back and forth between the Camel, LLama, and the Camel Head looking for this syntax. The perl.doc website has been quite reluctant to come up from my location so I appreciate your patience and assistance.

I have to say, I would not have picked up on this after a quick reading of the perlref page ( which deigned to come up this time ). Thanks for distilling the idea for me.