"...if you run that last one and type 3+5-2, you get 3+5-2.(string "3+5-2", not the number 6)" --Jacques
Hi Jacques, Well, this is about data types. Unfortunately, Perl tends to haze up the issue by doing away with explicit types and doing everything implicitly. In a programming, as opposed to scripting, language, the assignment statements would have equivalents: $calc=3+5-2; int calc = 3 + 5 + 2; $calc=$_; string calc = $_; Joseph -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]