Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: > %_ : placeholder for an SV that will get stringified. See sv_vcatpvfn() in sv.c. > I can't find doc on this in the perl sources, but there a small paragraph > about it in the Cozens & Jenness. Neat! Is it supported in 5.005??? I must have missed the announcement on the book; I'm ordering it in the other window as I write this... John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747