Thanks a lot - I have set up an alias to make my life easier. I am wondering how you would use the VB equivalents of Left$ and Right$ with perl.
For example I have 'ABCDEFGH' and I want to get the right three letters: Right('abcdefgh',3) = 'fgh' Left can be done with substring (x,0) I am sure, but what about right? Thanks again, tim ____________________________________________________ Timothy B Booher, Lt USAF, AFRL/MNAC 101 West Eglin Blvd, Suite 339 Eglin AFB FL 32542-6810 Phone: 850-882-8302 Ext. 3360 (DSN 872-) FAX: 850-882-2201