Thanks to Chris, Brian, and Gene! :-) My only comment back is that I think this shows that there isn't a variable name which is linked to more than the first subscript. After all, what would it be named anyway? The "$#" variable is already linked to being related to the topmost array. (If that makes sense.) The $#{$myArray[1]} looks easy enough though. :-) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All e-mail needs to be sent to mark@cheers.jsc.nasa.gov. If you don't, it will probably bounce. What man does not understand or fears; he ultimately destroys. Steve Wright: Black holes are where God divided by zero. ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch