Robin Sheat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Note that if you have a string such as "000", you can treat it like a > number: > my $a = '000'; > $a++; > print "$a\n"; > > This will print '001'.
That looks like the tidiest way to do it in this case. Just start the count with my $a and were done. Thanks -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>