I always used to use $chan in scripts I made, and I'm not sure why either. But recently, I've made the changeover to using a #, and all of my scripts still work fine. I like the # because it stands out in the code, is shorter and easier to type. I probably won't ever switch back to using $chan unless Khaled removes the #, which will be never wink. $chan and # return the same thing, so there's not really a point in discussing it. It's obvious that # is shorter, so why even bother asking it? I also think this if this goes on any further, it's going to be a rather stupid (not to mention pointless) argument.