Gerrit Holl: >Try: s1[:] to copy a string. Sure, that will work as well. >>> s1 = "bla" >>> s2 = s1[:] >>> print id(s1), id(s2) 7790840 7790840 >>> print s1, s2 bla bla See, a copy again :-) -- René Pijlman Wat wil jij leren? http://www.leren.nl