How to display the category slug and not the category name?

Thanks a lot songdogtech!

The solution I got from the second thread worked perfectly for the category slug:

<?php
if (is_category( )) {
$cat = get_query_var(‘cat’);
$yourcat = get_category ($cat);
echo ‘the slug is ‘. $yourcat->slug;
}
?>

Now if someone can please tell me how to display the tag slug?

Stupid me, I can’t believe I missed those threads. I always use google to search wordpress threads – I will remember to use the wordpress search function the next time. Thank you very much for your help songdogtech!