In Perl one can do this in a string context to get a 20 strings concatenated into a string. "fu" x 20 => fufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufufu Does Transcript have any syntax similar to this, or do I have to write a loop to build up a string this way? Alex Rice, Software Developer Architectural Research Consultants, Inc. alrice at swcp.com alex_rice at arc.to