MRAB-2 Thank you for that! Funny how something so simple clarifies a whole lot! I will crack on now! Once again, Cheers and Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Parsing-file-format-to-ensure-file-meets-criteria-tp26837682p26838085.html Sent from the Python - python-list mailing list archive at Nabble.com.