>>I'm sure there is an easy way to do this in VFP, just can't seem to remember it right now...
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>>Is there a simple command that lets me change one set of characters in a string for another?
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>>So if I had something like this:
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>>"Dear [FIRSTNAME], This is blah blah blah" -- and I want to change [FIRSTNAME] to something else...
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>Either STRTRAN() or CHRTRAN().

yeah that's it...yawwwwwn. I shoulda got more sleep last night....