Slightly cleaner (though admittedly, it doesn't quite "hit the spot" for satisfaction) is just or'ing with 0 as the first thing: "$debug_ops = 0 | $DBG_RAND | $DBG_KEYS | $DBG_INFO; That does the same thing (I think) as your +0 in this situation. Not sure how it gets the other value...weird!

Thanks!
Linda