I suppose that, due to the nature of Pascal's triangle, the important thing is being able to see visually which two numbers are the "parents" for any given number. Given the example in the quiz, you can clearly see that P[8,3] 21 comes from adding P[7,2] 6 and P[7,3] 15--even if the lines aren't straight ;) Interestingly enough, it might be easier to generate postscript or pdf output than trying to space out the numbers using fixed width characters. That might be cool if anyone wanted to give it a shot. -- Lou.