Thanks Steve.&nbsp; That works beautifully.<br><br><b><i>Steven Lembark &lt;lembark@wrkhors.com&gt;</i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Richard Reina wrote:<br>&gt; Happy Friday all!<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Does anyone know of an easy way to count the number of characters in a<br>&gt; scalar?<br><br>perldoc -f length<br><br>-- <br>Steven Lembark                                         85-09 90th Street<br>Workhorse Computing                                  Woodhaven, NY 11421<br>lembark@wrkhors.com                                      +1 888 359 3508<br>_______________________________________________<br>Chicago-talk mailing list<br>Chicago-talk@pm.org<br>http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/chicago-talk<br></blockquote><br><BR><BR>Your beliefs become your thoughts.  Your thoughts become your words.  Your words become your actions.  Your actions become your habits.  Your habits become your
 values.  Your values become your destiny.  -- Mahatma Gandhi