Franklin, Here is one way to do it
[code] #Program to reverse a string without using built-in function my $str = "Japan is the land of rising sun."; my @str = split '', $str; for ( my $i = $#str ; $i >= 0 ; $i-- ) { print $str[$i]; } [/code] [output] .nus gnisir fo dnal eht si napaJ [/output] best, Shaji ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------