Groveling through some particularly grody code this afternoon, I stumbled upon the following... ... strncat (q->gs_name, "01234567" + i, 1); /* for posterity */ ... (Hmmm... was that you, Dwight?) -- Jeff Stearns (206) 356-5064 John Fluke Mfg. Co. P.O. Box C9090 Everett WA 98043 {uw-beaver,decvax!microsof,ucbvax!lbl-csam,allegra,ssc-vax}!fluke!jeff