>Naomi,
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>I do not think that it matters not having letters at all, other than you will need to do further checking to see if the second value (quality) is applicable.
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>Oh, sorry, it does matter, if you use the at() instead of the getwordnum function
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Right. Anyway, the fun is only beginning. Now when I know the number part I need to start playing. I may have the same Color, type, number, Stone, but different quality (I guess, color quality would not matter). So, I think I need to try to find every part, which is present. Then I would need to try various combinations: first with ? instead of quality, then different type of stone, then without W- part if there is a part with -, then without type part, which could be E NK PN (I guess) and others, I don't know all possible types.

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>>What if I don't have a letter at the beginning or don't have letters at all?
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>>Anyway, this
>>lcNumbers = Alltrim(chrtran("A-B123Q4E", "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ-", Space(26)))
>>MESSAGEBOX(GETWORDCOUNT(lcNumbers))
>>seems to work.
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>>Thanks again.