in reply to st00pid, remedial

It's not a Perl keyword, just someone's choice of variable name short for "parameter". I use it all the time myself...

Update: No, I didn't mean "param" as in CGI, though I often utilize it there for instance.

Mike - mps@discomsys.com

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