Ken, I feel you may obtain the desired / expected result if you use elif instead of if ... other than the first if statement of course. e.g. if dirnpoint > xx: do this elif dirnpoint > xx: do that elif ......: do this instead give it a go and see what happens. regards Darren Payne Hurlstone Ag. ===== ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- regards Darren Payne Hurlstone Agricultural High School Ph: 9829 9222 Fax: 98292026 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail