I thought it was called $ARG (the default variable.) As opposed to the default array @_ or the default hash %_ Like in C - void main ($ARG, @ARGV) { printf("Matey!");} ??? seek DATA,0,1;print<DATA>; __DATA__ -Sneex- :] Just Another Perl Monger... _________________________________________________________________________ Bill Jones | Data Security Specialist | http://www.fccj.org/cgi/mail?dss FCCJ | 501 W State St | Jacksonville, FL 32202 | 1 (904) 632-3089 $_="JOIN THE JAX PERL MONGERS J zbjrnmuhkkd Pdqk Mnmfdqr J\n"; tr/za-y/a-z/; / ((.)) /; do { print substr($_,25); } while ( s/((.).{23}) $2 (.)(.*) (.)$/$1$5 $2 $4 $3/ ) ==== Want to unsubscribe from this list? (Don't you love us anymore?) ==== Well, if you insist... Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to ==== fwp-request@technofile.org