> I also don't expect > > $x = ''; > $y = "aaaa $x bbbb"; > > to assign '' to $y either, but that's the equlvalent of what you say > form() will do. I see your point. > I was more worried about arrays of items some of which are empty strings > and having items disappear out my repost because form() throws them > away. The behaviour is a little more sophisticated than I have hitherto tried to explain. Try this: use Perl6::Form; my @data = ("foo","bar","","baz"); print form "| {[[[[[[[} |", \@data; print "====================\n"; print map {form "| {[[[[[[[} |", $_} @data; DamianThread Previous