> in essence how do I use a variable name to refer to an individual list??
In your particular situation, there's no need to. Stick all of your property lists into a linear list, sequentially, eg obstacles = [obstacle1, obstacle2, ...obstacle23] Then get to obstacle3.lstat by typing: obstacles[3].lstat Overall your list management is easier if you encapsulate all your proplists in a linear list. What you were doing was assigning a string variable to droppername, not the name of a variable. There are ways to do what you were thinking, but they can get sloppy if you're not careful. I should have been in bed hours ago... Cya, Pez [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
