michaelhoelzende wrote: > In some scripts i've seen variables defined with asterixes (*variable*). > Is this just for the purpose of readability or will those variables > be treated as special types (pointers?) One example I can think of is *pi*. There is no significance to the use of the asterisks other than to indicate that *pi* is not the name of a function. Rather it is a variable holding a constant value. -- Cheers! Kevin. http://www.interlog.com/~kcozens/ |"What are we going to do today, Borg?" Owner of Elecraft K2 #2172 |"Same thing we always do, Pinkutus: | Try to assimilate the world!" #include <disclaimer/favourite> | -Pinkutus & the Borg ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/e4wwlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/script-fu/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: script-fu-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/