Hi bvdet and bartonc-

Thank you very much for the help. Yes, the dictionary (and ** ) was exactly what I was looking for - and it worked perfectly.

Much thanks,
Dave

Hi all-

I have a function call that uses keyword arguments:

lib_routine( status=computed _value, hw_id=value[1], sw_id=value[2], \
something=value[3], something_else= value[4]...... )

There can be as many as 10 different keywords with the =value[n] construct. There can also be as few as 2 keywords passed to the function (status and one of the =value[n] constructs). Of course, anything...