On 4/16/08 12:55 PM, "Stockly, Ed" wrote: > set fullDeck to {} > repeat with s in {" of H", " of C", " of S", " of D"} > repeat with x from 1 to 13 > if x = 1 then > set c to "A" > else if x = 11 then > set c to "J" > else if x = 12 then > set c to "Q" > else if x = 12 then --> repeated line! > set c to "Q" --> repeated line! > else if x = 13 then > set c to "K" > else > set c to x as string > end if > set the end of fullDeck to c & s > end repeat > end repeat Does the following change make the script faster or slower? (I don't know where the command "the ticks" comes from, so am unable to check it here.) set fullDeck to {} repeat with s in {" of H", " of C", " of S", " of D"} repeat with x from 1 to 13 set c to item x of "A234567890JQK" if c = "0" then set c to "10" set the end of fullDeck to c & s end repeat end repeat Stan C.