Jim,

You're processing file line by line anyway. You can eliminate the double quotes in the process. Something like

lcStr = STRTRAN(lcStr, ["], [])

>Following up:
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>I looked at the thread. Thats similar to what I 1st thought to do, and it does help the problem somewhat. I went ahead and implemented that for the time being, as a partial solution. However, problem 2 listed below still exists.
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>I could possibly convert it to be delimited by | characters easily enough without sacrificing speed. Then change my import cmd accordingly. That would render the extra ["] harmless...
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>I'll try it and get back to you,
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