To quote something pinkyish: "Astounding Brain, how do you do it?" This is something i've done similarly other places before, and for some reason I had a brainfart and forgot I could do this. Thanks for reminding of something I shouldn't have forgotten to begin with :p This definitely cuts down on Code Bloat(TM), plus makes my code look 3r33t(TM)... Maybe you should author 3r33t perl tricks to live by...