On Jul 14, 2006, at 9:29 AM, Jay Hannah wrote: > @l = split /\|/; > $count{$l[2]}{keys}{$l[4]} = 1; > $count{$l[2]}{lines}++; Using @l (el) looks a lot like @1 (one). It makes it very hard to read. -- Andy Lester => andy at petdance.com => www.petdance.com => AIM:petdance