>>In VFP9 you can use the 0h prefix:
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>>?0h414243="ABC"
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>But then the 0h prefix denotes a varbinary variable, which will be interpreted as a binary string or as a string interpretation thereof, depending on what's first...
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?0h414243
>?""+0h414243
>c="414243"
>?EVALUATE("0h"+c)
>?EVALUATE("[]+0h"+c)
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True, but it still works in a search and replace, without conversion. Which is what I understand Hilmar is trying to do.