it's going to answer whatever is in it, in this case 0 did you mean get "0" get matchText(it, "[0-9]") answer it >Why doesn't this script return true? > >get "0" >get matchText(tLine, "[0-9]") >answer it > >Jim -- stephen barncard s a n f r a n c i s c o - - - - - - - - - - - -