>>>>> "TP" == Tim Peters <tim.one@home.com> writes: TP> at least once, which is at least once too often. Sick trick: TP> SPACE, TAB, NL = " \t\n" Oh, that is perversely delicious! I love it. super-cali-fragi-listic-expi-ali-chomp-chomp-ly y'rs, -Barry