>>Certainly you have a choice. Remove the semicolons! :)
>>lcDoThis = chrtran(m.lcDoThis,';','')
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>I don't think it's the semicolons. It's the CRLF put in by TEXT/ENDTEXT
>lcDoThis = chrtran(m.lcDoThis,';'+CHR(13)+CHR(10),'')
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>UPDATE: Didn't realize Cathy had posted essentially the same (but better since it included TABS) solution
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>Actually, I don't see any reason for the semicolons at all.

There is a reason to include the semicolons. If you copy and paste the lines from within the text...endtext into the command window or some temporary testing prg, you can run the "lines" while preserving your formatting.