Hi there folks I need some help with a slight problem I have. I need to convert letters [A-Za-Z] into numbers. What is the best way to do this without having to type in an endless row of "if $letter = 'letter'? Also,I would like to split a designated string into pairs of characters, ie I want john to be put into an array as 'jo' and 'hn' and 2476 to put put into the array as '24' and '76'...I know these are awful newbie questions and all, but I'd appreciate any help! Thanx. Sveinbjorn Thordarson Reykjavik, Iceland PS: Uhm...are there any built-in functions in perl to match only even numbers? # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org