>>I have not an universal answer,
>>but
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>>? ' '+'king'+' ' $ ' '+CHRTRAN('king. and I','.'+0hA0D,SPACE(3))+' '
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>I don't have VFP here, but AFAIK it would not work.
>
>k.ing and I
Not really, Nadya,
The dot gets transformed into a space char, hence 'k ing'
Gregory