sorry to have been off the list now :-( but i know i have to accept that. it's funny how lady friends suddenly stop calling you once you're married. really. even tho we're just friends. really! reddy why don't you figure out what lfc stands for? the 'c' may actually mean what you're after... ;-p not picking on anyone hai... i'm just too bored trying to debug a legacy program which takes 30 mins to display the output each time i run it... :-(