>>I have not an universal answer,
>>but
>>
>>

>>? ' '+'king'+' ' $ ' '+CHRTRAN('king. and I','.'+0hA0D,SPACE(3))+' '
>>

>
>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'