Perhaps you should post a little more code. I can't tell what the deal is from what you've given us.
-----Original Message----- From: Craig Moynes/Markham/IBM [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 12:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: String with no contents and length of 21 Somehow I got myself into a pickle. I have a string being set by a command that is executing (and the command is failing). I strip out the newline characters. The length is returned as 21, when split into an array the size is 21. Yet when I try: print "!$returned!\n"; I get returned: !! Any ideas ? ----------------------------------------- Craig Moynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]