Not to mention... just where did all that water go? David Wulff The Royal Woofle Museum Putting the laughter back into slaughter

In Perl the type of a variable is known at compile time (as indicated by the $ or @ or % prefix). Or did you mean the type of data that a reference is pointing to? In that case, use the ref function. And BTW look at the Data::Dumper module, it might already do what you want. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- "Just because the box has 2 gigabytes of memory doesn't mean you get to use it all!"   -- Rico Mariani, CLR perf guy

Check Intel Math Kernel Library http://www.intel.com/software/products/mkl/[^] http://www.intel.com/software/products/mkl/features.htm[^]

Breaking at the top would seem to be a worse problem than breaking at the bottom. Luckily, it would also be harder to launch a terrorist attack at the top. Maybe the mass at the top could be a fully functional space craft that could winch the cable up if it broke on the bottom. It's definitely a fun problem to think about. Neil Van Eps "Standard deviation not enough for perverted statistician" - Headline from the Onion June 25 2003

I love this bit: The freight cost -- billed to McKinley's employer -- was $550. At that rate, "he could have flown first-class," Phillips said. :laugh: :rolleyes: Paul ;) That demands capital punishment!! Death by a herd of marauding Bobs! - Ryan Binns

Hey, hi Adam, I'm supposed to be dashing off to the UK for a family emergency, but have been held up by 24 hours due to a typhoon in Hong Kong (http://onenews.nzoom.com/onenews\_detail/0,1227,218034-1-9,00.html -- how come everyone *else* knew about this and not me??) While kicking around today came across your Lounge post. I probably can't answer it all in full, but if you want some advice or whatever, do drop me an email, which I'll pick up in a week or so. I moved out to NZ from London back in 1999, for a one year holiday, decided I liked the place so much and stayed. Great lifestyle!! Personally,I'd recommend living on the South Island. While Christchurch isn't the greatest city--it is in my opinion parochial and conservative--it does have *fantastic* access to the outdoor lifestlye! Snowboarding one hour from my front door. Surfing a 3 minute jog from my front door (ah, the beauty of Sumner!) Port Hills (for mountain biking, climbing, ...) just behind me. Wellington would be somewhere else I would probably be very happy to live, but I've only spent about 6 weeks on the North Island, compared to my nearly 4 years on the South Island. (Note to myself: must go back north again soon...) Lots of websites around: nzjobs.co.nz, seek.co.nz, ... Yeah, drop me an email. Oh, and I must remeber to ask Chris about good places to go to in Melbourne--heading over there for a weekend with my girlfriend next month... after the rugby World Cup of course. As a Pom living in NZ I don't feel I can loose in this years World Cup :-D Cheers, Jon