> Are you asking how to retain the index (i.e. the $_, what you called > "values") along with the encodings? The amount of Perl code you showed > did > not do that (it just retains $_ without the encoding).
The Perl code keeps the encodings in a separate list, but I prefer this representation you showed. (i.e, you're interpretation was intended) Thank you both very much for helping me. I've got all my data represented now using YC's suggestion. :-) Horace. _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users