Of course, yes that's a typo. (tyop?) It should have been removed there as well.

I have not yet had a chance to look at your solution; I've got something to learn about regular expression before I can understand. Can I assume that the CREATEOBJECT line will always work, or must I include something when I install my application to make it work?

Jim


>James,
>
>in addition to my former message:
>

>loRegExp = CREATEOBJECT('VBScript.RegExp')
>
>
>lcUPC=ALLTRIM(cUPC)
>
>lcTemp = ''
>FOR lnloop = LEN(lcUPC)+1 TO 1 STEP -1
> lcUPC = STUFF(lcUPC,lnloop,0,'\s*')
>ENDFOR &&lnLoop
>
>loRegExp.PATTERN    = lcUPC
>
>lcPart = loRegExp.REPLACE(cPart,'')
>
>

>
>The only thing not included is:
>>Occurs a few times:
>>"Big Widget (1 12345 12345 1)" ==> "Big Widget (1 12345 12345 1)"
>but this is a typo isn't it?
>
>Agnes
>>I want the UPC Code to disappear, regardless of the position of the white space.
>>
>>Now, I know there's gonna be some fun with punctuation as well in some of the less frequent case, but I'm sure I can handle that when I get to it. For now:
>>
>>Main ways:
>>"Big Widget 1 12345 12345 1" ==> "Big Widget"
>>"Big Widget - 1 12345 12345 1" ==> "Big Widget - "
>>
>>Occurs a few times:
>>"Big Widget (1 12345 12345 1)" ==> "Big Widget (1 12345 12345 1)"
>>
>>Once only:
>>"Big Widget 1 12345 12345 1 / China" ==> "Big Widget / China"
>>"Big Widget Green:1 12345 12345 1" ==> "Big Widget Green:"
>>
>>As noted before, the spaces within the UPC code in the field can occur anywhere; the pattern used here is just the most frequent usage.
>>
>>
>>>I see your "input" data, but what do you want as output?