Brano Gerzo: > I like format function, but I miss output to scalars.
I think you mean 'to text strings' and are looking for sprintf. perldoc -f sprintf -- Affijn, Ruud "Gewoon is een tijger." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>