>use Storable; >$arrayref_one = dclone( $arrayref_two ); >
aha!!!! thanks :) it's those details that make a program so much easier to make.. i noticed another poster asking about reference notations- i think that this and Object Oriented programming have given me the most headaches on a conceptual level. while i've gotten a handle on references (i hope) tha OO stuff still gets to me *laugh* again thanks, willy -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>