No. In the actual code, it comes in on the line. As you look at the code, and observe the o/p, it shows going through type three, but no output occurs on the prints of the defined $1 $2 $3. Also if you look at the special fields the last match is VALUE, but it can't be from what I know, but obvidously I don't know as much as I thought. Wags ;) # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org