>>>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'

You're right and Fabio is right. Hard to work everything in the head.

What about the . at the beginning of the word?

.king and I ?

.king is not a word.