> foreach (split //, $line) { > $num = ord $_; > $num > 127 and warn "ASCII value exceeds 127.\n"; > } > "process each of the characters in the string, in turn" Funny, to me this says: "split line into an list of characters, foreach character process..." I guess I would be a better or funner perler if I 'heard' it the way you did. I don't think dis stincts at all: > for ($i=0; $i < length($line); $i++) { > ... > } I probably have way too much fun with it! ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org