Hi Sean!

>>> I want $a to be tcob1tes and $b to be this is a test

>> I'd read $ARGV[0] into $a, then set up a loop to read the rest of the
>> $ARGV array, concatenate the bits with spaces, and shove it in $b...

> I did that in the end, works a treat.

   And, of course, if you want more control over the command line parameters to
a  you could use getopts (Stn or Long)...



Jame


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