Bill Gradwohl wrote:
I'll study that one after I TOTALLY understand my original problem. Thank you for another eye opener & head scratcher.
To see what's inside a complex data structure, use Data::Dumper. In this case, add the lines:
use Data::Dumper; print Dumper \%children; See `perldoc Data::Dumper` for details. -- Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, --- Shawn "Probability is now one. Any problems that are left are your own." SS Heart of Gold, _The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy_ * Perl tutorials at http://perlmonks.org/?node=Tutorials * A searchable perldoc is available at http://perldoc.perl.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>