Hey there Sorry about the two letters about the same thing....computer froze and I wasn't sure if my message got sent. Anyhow, I'm experimenting with translating ASCII strings into numbers, but how do I turn them back into strings? Sveinbjorn Thordarson Reykjavik, Iceland # ===== Want to unsubscribe from this list? # ===== Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to macperl-request@macperl.org