Keith Calvert Ivey wrote: > > 50: > perl -lpe'INIT{$c=pop}$n+=keys%{{/([^$c])()/g}}}{$_=$n' as <test This is 51, but I throw it out as another variation. perl -lpe'INIT{$c=pop}$1{$_.$.}=1for/[^$c]/g}{$_=keys%1' as <test -- Rick Delaney rick.delaney@home.com ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe