Thanks for the link Greetings. -------- M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you “The First Rule of Program Optimization: Don't do it. The Second Rule of Program Optimization (for experts only!): Don't do it yet.” - Michael A. Jackson

You have to read the whole file into memory, then you can change it according to any rules you like, and then overwrite the file with the new, edited data. I don't know why you think you need to insert a *, but you really don't. Christian Graus Please read this if you don't understand the answer I've given you "also I don't think "TranslateOneToTwoBillion OneHundredAndFortySevenMillion FourHundredAndEightyThreeThousand SixHundredAndFortySeven()" is a very good choice for a function name" - SpacixOne ( offering help to someone who really needed it ) ( spaces added for the benefit of people running at < 1280x1024 )

:confused: Oh my, I thought that was the right way to say it... well, let me change that into a "too much" then. :) Stupidity is an International Association - Enrique Jardiel Poncela