Joseph> Is there a simple way to convert a list into a tuple, like a Joseph> built-in function for that? Or is the easiest way to just Joseph> iterate through the list and append to a tuple? Try the tuple builtin: >>> l = [1,2,3] >>> tuple(l) (1, 2, 3) -- Skip Montanaro (skip at pobox.com) http://www.mojam.com/ http://www.musi-cal.com/