>I have create a table Namely "student.dbf" with fields namely 1.ID 2. name 3. Class 4. Place. I want to search the student whose name letter begin with *A* or *B* or *C* or *D* etc and result will be display in browse window
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>How to write code?

I think you want these 1 letter at a time. So if your list is already sorted by name you can use

lcLetter = "A"
loca for name = lcLetter
browse noedit nodelete title "Press ESC to Exit"