Yes, Vlad
It can't work only if laString is a native VFP function :)

With UDFs (even defined at FLL) this method works fine
and TYPE() function always returns "U".

Best regards.

Alex.

>What if laString is a function? :)
>
>Vlad
>
>>

>>IF TYPE("laString[1]") # "U"
>>	... && laString is an array
>>ELSE
>>	... && laString isn't array. Check for Variable type here...
>>ENDIF
>>

>>
>>Best regards
>>
>>Alex.