In article <2439 at sun.uucp> guy at sun.uucp (Guy Harris) writes: || 2) "++a" and "a += 1" are completely equivalent expressions. Well, almost. On at least some systems, "a++" won't work if a is float, while "a += 1" will add 1.0 to a. Dave Sherman The Law Society of Upper Canada Toronto -- { ihnp4!utzoo pesnta utcs hcr decvax!utcsri } !lsuc!dave