On Thu, 15 Apr 2004 20:55:11 GMT jeff <plastic"no-spam-pls"@xsintrk.net> wrote: > ex: > > a = "text str" > if a == "text str": print a > > why doesn't that work? i couldn't find much help about > variable types in the manual, does it need a property like > a.text? What error are you getting? adam