From: Smgspices@... Date: 2006-11-29T04:32:39+09:00 Subject: Re: rand random. You've got to be kidding -------------------------------1164742348 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I want to think everyone for their replies.As usual, it was an operator error. I was using: file.sort{rand} instead of file.sort_by{rand}. It's strange how your eye passes over errors like this and fails to see it. I once had a * instead of a + in a routine. I thought I was never going to find the problem. Charles Gray -- Phoenix, AZ Where you can bake the chill out of your bones. -------------------------------1164742348--