Egg on my face again. Someonw wrote: >>I have seen two solutions to this question. My question is there a reason to >>avoid >> >>INCFSZ counter1,F >>INCF counter2, F Then I wrote: >Close, but no cigar. If you notice, BOTH counters increment except when >counter1 rolls over to zero. Then Scott wrote: Wait a second Andy, it does work... If you make a slight MODification. You oughta remember since it was your idea. The trick is (with counter1 and counter2 initially zero): (code deleted) Thanks, guys! It **IS** a neat code snippet. I do like this list. Get up, get mail, learn something new. I LOVE it!! dwayne Dwayne Reid Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA (403) 489-3199 voice (403) 487-6397 fax