Swalif, your example made a lot of sense but I already did it the other way, I'm the only girl in my class and I think most of the guys are too shy to help me so thanks to everyone for the help. I played around with the code and was able to figure it out. I've programmed in Java, C++, and Visual Basics so PERL is a little different then what I'm used to. I'm sure I'll be asking for more help on later programs. :)