Note the need for a "." instead of ",": [byrne@/usr/local/ensembl/modules/EnsEMBL/Web]$ diff Timer.pm.orig Timer.pm 153c153 < '.sprintf( '%10.5f',$T ),' TOTAL --- > '.sprintf( '%10.5f',$T ).' TOTAL -- Ken Youens-Clark kclark at cshl.edu Ware Lab/CSHL/USDA-ARS