Oh, and just for fun, here's another wonky way to write each letter of a string. Though someone can probably chime in with an even crazier method, I'm sure. ### print ''.join(map(lambda x: '%s\n' % x, raw_input('Enter a name:')))[:-1] ### --- Zak Arntson www.harlekin-maus.com - Games - Lots of 'em