> BJ> PIC XX-XXX-XXXX. > > I don't remember this as legal in cobol. Sure it is: It's subtracting all those X's - so that now you have -5x ... Hehehe, -Sneex- :] FCCJ Data Security Group ______________________________________________________________________ Bill Jones Data Security Specialist http://www.fccj.org/cgi/mail?dss ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe