>>lcmyString = "123456789 Boldorn"
>>
>>I want to return position 11 because it is the first non numeric position (B). just can't think of it today...
>
>Why not write a tiny routine? This one uses ISALPHA().
>
>

? FirstPosAlpha( "123456789 Boldorn" )
>
>FUNCTION FirstPosAlpha
>lparameter tcString
>local ln
>for ln = 1 to len( m.tcString )
>	if isalpha( substr( m.tcString, m.ln ) )
>		RETURN m.ln
>	endif
>next
>RETURN 0

Peter,

With long strings it may be not the best approach.

I believe my solution from the Re: Find position 1st Occurance of nonnumeric value in a str Thread #1280661 Message #1280759 should be more simple and efficient.