> perldoc -q "What is the difference between a list and an array"
As a side note to the POD above - although lists can not change sizes they are addressable just like arrays. In other words the following two statements are equivalent: my @slice = @{ [ (split /\|/, 'a|b|c|d|e') ] }[1,3]; my @slice = (split /\|/, 'a|b|c|d|e')[1,3]; Peter -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>