Thanks for the idea Tom.

>Hi Tracy,
>
>we have a VERY similar routine for decoding some host data -
>except that there are more codes used as flags to "decipher".
>
>We read in large chunks of data and call a fllto transform the string:
>translation of the code should be no problem even if you are not too fluent in c.
>
>Since you don't have to worry about 20+ being the maximum number of
>flag codes for alines() to work alines() is probably "good enough",
>but for pure speed this seems taylor-made for a fll, if called often enough.
>
>regards
>
>thomas