Can I do something like this?
@CityA="Suburb1, Suburb2, Suburb3"; @CityB="Suburb1, Suburb4, Suburb5"; $Var="TownCurrent"; $NewVar="$($TownCurrent)[1]"; I am trying to construct a sting from a variable. make sence? Lou -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>