Hello SargeTron, Wednesday, January 19, 2005, 10:10:20 AM, you wrote: S> rand() only returns an int (number), but I would like something S> like dd75$6*, you know, containing any character. I would like it S> only to do a certain string ONCE, so there are no duplicates (in a S> for loop). Hopefully I won't need to do a huge array. Any S> suggestions? Take a look at this random e-mail address generator (hasn't everyone written one of these? <grin>) that I wrote a bit back. You should be able to see how to do exactly what you want from it. http://www.devtek.org/software/randmail/index.php $upperLowerNumber = rand(1,10); controls the so called seed for the script because I placed constraints on how often uppercase and numbers could appear. Cheers, Leif Gregory -- TB Lists Moderator (and fellow registered end-user) PCWize Editor / ICQ 216395 / PGP Key ID 0x7CD4926F Web Site <http://www.PCWize.com> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php