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>>Tamar.
>>I've got only 28,641 lines and I'm getting "subscript out of range...." error.
>>hmmmm......
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>Actually there are over 70,000 lines, but it craps out after 28,640 lines.

70,000 lines in a memo field? Or text file?

Regardless, it sounds like alines() might not be the tool for the job.

What's the goal?