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From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti)
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Subject: Re: Changing the first character of a string.
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Date: 30 Jun 90 02:00:36 GMT
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(we need a perl book)

	$flags = '';
	if ($mb_flags[$num] && $FL_UNREAD) {
		$flags .= "U" ;
	} else {
		$flags .= " " ;
	}

would concatenate the flag character onto your string.  Or you
could use an array and use join to print them out.  Or probably
some other method is more efficient...

--Ed

Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept <emv@math.lsa.umich.edu>