Avi Kak wrote: > Can the same be done in Python? Not directly, but you can just fill it with something you're not going to use: arra = [None] * 999 -- __ Erik Max Francis && max at alcyone.com && http://www.alcyone.com/max/ / \ San Jose, CA, USA && 37 20 N 121 53 W && &tSftDotIotE \__/ Of war men ask the outcome, not the cause. -- Seneca