The Coffee Break Moment REALLY Kicked ME as to what Mark Anderson was trying to point out.
let f(x) denote the incrementing function let g(x) denote the decrementing function what is f(g(x)) and g(f(x)) baseline a b c x y z IncrArray b c d y z aa DecrArray ` a b w x y What About incrementing the Decremented and vice versa The f(g(x)) problem baseline a b c x y z DecrArray ` a b w x y IncrArray 1 b c x y z IncrArray b c d y z aa DecrArray a b c x y ` given that the 'IncrArray' went from six characters to 7 there is also the general 'table space' problem.... If one needed to keep it all in 'six chars' - then one needs to have a 'wrap around' solution at both ends, and for both lower and upper case values... I SUCK, You RULE! Mea Kulpa!!! http://www.wetware.com/drieux/CS/lang/Perl/Beginners/EvilDecr.txt ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]