On Mon, Jan 17, 2000 at 03:28:09AM +0000, Aaron Crane wrote: > chomp(@_=`cat /usr/dict/words`);$/=511;printf<DATA>,map"\u$_[rand@_]",1..14 I'm not sure why you assign the number 511 to the input record separator. You could just as easily assign any single digit number, since there are no numbers in the input, and save two characters. Ronald ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe