Julian Field wrote: > > # JKF 3/10/2005 > my $temp = @HitList; > $temp = $temp + 0; > $temp = 0 unless $HitList[0] =~ /a-z/i; > return ($temp, join(', ', @HitList)); > } > > Let's see if that helps. According to the book, the 2 middle lines > shouldn't be needed at all. Why not "my $temp = scalar(@HitList);"? Leland