"Peter Wang" <pzw1 at cor-no-spam-nell.edu> wrote in message news:3ohutt4ed0264imgprah2lblipqljer1pe at 4ax.com... > split()[0] won't work because some items (like "pickled eggs") have > spaces in them. > I know... it sounded like homework and I wanted to point without giving... -- Emile van Sebille emile at fenx.com ---------