>This isn't quite right. It replaces things like portions of tcName that I don't want it to. It strips the "Mr" but also the "Dr" and "Prof" portions. I think I have to do something more with the GetWordNum, but can't quite get it to work. Any help (yours, not the Foxpro) is appreciated.
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>tcName = "Mr Droopy Proffler"
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>* Strip common name prefixes.
>m.ReplaceWith = ''
>m.PrefixSearchString = [ MR MRS MS MISS DR PROF SIR MASTER REV REVERAND ETC ]
>FOR x = 1 TO GETWORDCOUNT( m.PrefixSearchString )
>	m.LookFor = ALLTRIM(UPPER(GETWORDNUM(m.PrefixSearchString,x)))
>	tcName = CHRTRAN(UPPER(tcName),m.LookFor,m.ReplaceWith)
>ENDFOR
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If the common prefix is always at the beginning of the name, grab it first, compare with the string of prefixes and if it's in there, remove it with STRTRAN OR SUBSTR(). Use the same idea from John Ryan's message.