Hi all, Well I was lost but I am here again. Yes I have a Perl Book now so I can read to learn the language. I have the Mac Perl file much more open even the manual I can now open and read. I have C, Perl, HTML available on my Mac now. My brother, now a web publisher e mailed me my copy of Mac-Perl, when I aksed him about programming my Mac. I was on the list last year, but there's so mcuh to do. I read a book Introduction to CGI/Perl this summer and have an idea now what I will use Perl for. iam interested in visualisation of crystalographic data but also I want to search a database I use to make that has been made for twenty years now. So I understand at least that I can search text with PERL. I have read about Perls treatment of variables. Oh why are all computer langauges the same in the beginning:-> All out lookingforward to readingyour e mail "& undertsanding. Peter Timusk/Cyberpoet/ e mail at timusk@magi.com Visit my home page....http://www.magi.com/~timusk/ photos&bios available. Mina Namii Peter. Harjutus teeb meistriks.