All, Replying to my own post - yup, that did it. I removed the leading space(s), then did the hash ref assignment, and all was well.
Whew! Thanks for the tip - and the pointer that I should have checked the docs... sometimes the problem is that I'm just not sure *which* doc would have the info I'm looking for! G'Day, deb Deb sez, > Thanks for the quick reply... > > Okay, I could use Data::Dumper, but what do you mean by empty > leading field? Am I dense? (probably!) > > I don't really want to use D::D module, so what would I do to > alleviate this? Ensure no leading white space? I'll have to > give that a try (but my kids are not lettying me tayp; fdsa > right nows.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]