Tracy,

Your way will not work for

lcmyString = "123456789 Boldorn Sam"

lcIgnoreChars = "0123456789 "
lcmyString = "123456789 Boldorn Sam"
lcRest = CHRTRAN(lcmyString , lcIgnoreChars, "")
? AT("-", CHRTRAN(lcmyString, lcRest, REPLICATE("-", LEN(lcRest))))

>I was up too late last night and today my thinking is 'muddled.' :o) I don't want to muddy the waters even more... :o)
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