From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [ Grrr, just post to one list! ] > ($a,$b) = $x =~ /(.{3})(.*)/; Shouldn't you be pushing that stuff into an array as each time through it will overwrite $a and $b ( which aren't really the best choices for variable names as those are quasi-reserved variable names ). - Ron _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/listinfo/perl-win32-users