On Nov 9, 2:09 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Dixon) wrote: > > Why have you decided that the OP's solution doesn't provide what he wants, > snipped it, and offered some code that does something very different?
> and he asked for a more elegant way of doing the same thing. I would have > thought it was a good idea to assume he knew what he wanted. You're right. I didn't read his sample program, because I assumed that his subject also contained a description of what he wanted to do - split two numbers that were joined by a minus sign. How foolish of me to make such an assumption. The OP's subject does not match the OP's goal. Oh well. Paul Lalli -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/