On 2013-11-20 12:50, Mike Miller wrote: > Does that mean that with BEGIN it will run a little faster? It should plus is more readable. BEGIN is good for initializing things and its complementary pattern END is also useful. > Did the semicolon at the end do anything? As in "print $0;}" I'm pedantic and always use statement terminators even if they aren't strictly required. -- Kathryn Hogg http://womensfooty.com