>Cetin,
>
>you don't know what is done with the data, so it should be consistent.
>Just play with VFP's GETWORDNUM() and you will see what a extra space may be good for.
>
>Agnes

Agnes,
Yes I don't know. The only thing I know is if you're dealing with a delimited file you shouldn't expect extra spaces exist or not to exist.
I don't understand the relation to getwordnum.
If it's bothering a single line of code would cure.
Cetin