On Mon, Jan 27, 2003 at 02:11:42PM +0100, Nicola Larosa wrote: >interface["services"][0] Convert it back to a string by writing 'str(interface["services"])[0]'. Or put this in a helper function that's a regular Python function. --amk (www.amk.ca) LEPIDUS: Your speech is passion; but pray you stir no embers up. -- _Antony and Cleopatra_, II, ii