Although there have been instances where a break N would have saved me grief, I definitely agree. I'd prefer to have to think harder when writing those cases then to have more difficulty understanding the code at a later date. So lets consider that the aforementioned discussion on continue N and break N, and implement continue ;). - AlexThough, adding a continue would bring discussions about adding continue N and break N (for exiting/continuing Nth nested loop above) -- features for which I vigorously against. :) Alexander.