Why then you would not use OCCURS function? Do you want to make it harder than is seems? <g>

>But we're supposed to be programmers. Use our programmer brains.
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>A="FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE" + ;
>"SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI" + ;
>"FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH " + ;
>"THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS"
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>?LENC(CHRTRAN(M.A," ABCDEGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",SPACE(0)))
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>>>6? - Yes.
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>>WRONG, THERE ARE 6-- no joke.
>>READ IT AGAIN !
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>>Really, go Back and Try to find the 6 F's before you scroll down.
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>>The reasoning behind is further down.
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>>The brain cannot process "OF".
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>>Incredible or what? Go back and look again!!
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>>Anyone who counts all 6 "F's" on the first go is a genius.
>>Three is normal, four is quite rare.
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>>Send this to your friends.
>>It will drive them crazy.! And keep them occupied for several
>>minutes..!