Er, what were you trying to do again? Why won't { my @bits = split":",$in; } be good enough to get the bits, and the rewriting as {print join":",@bits} ?
Sorry, little history in my box.... lee Lee Goddard, BA(Hons), MSc(Sussex) http://www.LeeGoddard.com/ since 1997. Direcotr: Little Bits Ltd - Perl / Java / XML / HTML Contractors Inc. in England #4006170; VAT #755-0139-42 _______________________________________________ Perl-Win32-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs