> Not quite the same. > 3 ^^ 4 > would evaluate as 0, > 3 != 4 > evaluates as 1. Wrong. Remember: 3 && 4 = 1 3 & 4 = 0 ^^ was intended by the original poster as a logical operator, not a boolean one (despite the title of the message). -- -- Peter da Silva -- UUCP: ...!shell!{baylor,graffiti}!peter; MCI: PDASILVA; CIS: 70216,1076