It's great that you identified your own solution, but you don't need to
self-deprecate here.
Nobody wise enough to make good use of Python and the Tutor list can be
reasonably called "dumb". heh
Rob
http://uselesspython.com
> Excuse me for being dumb ... but I just solved it. Inappropriate choice of
> functions :-(
>
> I should have used:
>
> string.replace(string.ljust("", len(sServer)), " ", "=")
>
> Sorry :-)
>