does anybody knows whether perl can deal with leading zero in number context? eg. 0012 > 11 , will this work? thx, L. PS. is the binari exclusively dutch?? -- ============================================================== Lieven Sterck, PhD Tel:+32 (0)9 3313821 Fax:+32 (0)9 3313809 VIB Department of Plant Systems Biology, UGent Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics Division Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Gent, Belgium Email: lieven.sterck@psb.ugent.be Website: http://bioinformatics.psb.ugent.be -------------------------------------------------------------- Algal Genetics Group UMR 7139 CNRS-UPMC Végétaux Marins et Biomolécules (Marine Plants and Biomolecules) Station Biologique Place Georges Teissier, BP74 29682 Roscoff Cedex, France Website: http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/UMR7139/en/genetics.html ============================================================== "Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!" H. Simpson