note aitap It looks like you need an array: <c> my @var; for my $a (1..10) { $var[$a] = 5 + $a; } </c> Arrays are sorted and consume less memory than hashes, but allow only integer indexes (instead of arbitrary strings as hash indexes). <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-980564"> Sorry if my advice was wrong. </div></div> 999578 999578