Glenn:
The GLOBAL is another way to be able to modify the content of a variable inside the UDF and have the results available outside the UDF:
code:
global $a
$a='whatever'
? $a
$rc=glbl()
? $a
exit 0
function glbl()
$a='changed inside glbl()'
endfunction
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There are two types of vessels, submarines and targets.
