Same here, many duplicates in fact. I thought I was having a little deja vu until I read this one. Can the list masters look into this one please? Stephen ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ Subject: Re: trying to convert characters into numbers based on a tab Author: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Internet Date: 6/20/2001 2:48 AM According to my email client, this just arrived on the list: From: "Cohan, Drew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2001 2:20 PM Subject: trying to convert characters into numbers based on a table It's contents are just slightly different to the one that was also sent by Drew and which arrived around the time this one was sent: http://archive.develooper.com/beginners%40perl.org/msg04454.html I've been seeing a good few double emails recently, with different timestamps, but this one, two days late, and with slightly different content, takes the cake...