From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: READ-LINE Date: 1999/05/05 Message-ID: <3134911730676487@naggum.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 474378393 References: <37303039.4DEBED53@apolo.lcc.uma.es> <3134901101345002@naggum.no> <37305C9F.DF264FA@apolo.lcc.uma.es> mail-copies-to: never Organization: Naggum Software; +47 8800 8879; http://www.naggum.no Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * "J.L. Perez-de-la-Cruz" | That's exactly what happens. then that's the expected and correct behavior. if you don't want this behavior, supply READ-LINE with a value that you can check against to see that you have hit the end of the file. I tend to use the keywof :EOF when dealing with characters or strings. #:Erik