Gary Herron writes: > x for x>=0 > abs(x) = { > -x for x<0 ... > (Of course I can't typeset it in email, but perhaps one can imagine > the "{" large enough to encompass both lines on the right.) / | x for x >= 0 abs(x) = < | -x for x < 0 \ Yeah, I guess it's hopeless. ;-( -Fred -- Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake at acm.org> PythonLabs at Zope Corporation