if $Count1 is never referenced after this, then certainly this assignment operation is redundent. but assignment is not the ONLY operation of this statement. if u hav not noticed a post increment operator has been used which will affect the value of $Count as well, and this operation is required for the script to work. the script should work even if u replace $Count1 = $Count++; with $Count++; Kranthi. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php