hi there, in perl we've a simple split-function: $line = "hello:world:today"; ($first,$second,$third) = split(/\:/,$line); print "$first $second $third"; how can i do something same like this in lingo? could anybody please tell me? best regards ++ chandan ray helmutstr. 1a 40472 duesseldorf germany +49(0)178 75 41 700 http://www.raypoint.de