--- "Woodhouse, Mike (ANTS)" <mike.woodhouse / ants.co.uk> wrote: > Would > > kindergarden ||= 0 > > do what you're looking for? if you're using the subject as his question, yes, but if you're using his example (below), no. (i.e. consider the case if kindergarden is -1.) > > kindergarden=0 if kindergarden<0 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com