thanks for the replies, guys! MEFarmer, that example helps remove a lot of the confusion, thanks! I've looked through the SDL but there are so many different ways to do it, I wasn't which one was hands down best
And Mike, I wish they would stick explanations like that in the SDL! Would help make breaking into the language a lot easier for newbs like me. (Spending time on these newsgroups is giving me more questions that answers heh ) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list