From: vanjac12@... (Van Jacques) Date: 2003-12-11T22:42:01+09:00 Subject: Re: nuby question re a method David Naseby wrote in message news:... Thanks for both responses. In particular for the syntax error. irb probably would have told me something, but I learned in Fortran 25-35 years ago, and its hard to change old habits. (I keep wanting to use GO TO statements, even though I learned that it was not a good idea a long time ago. And I will never forget my extensive use of Fortran do loops.) Van