Do you have any unusual codepage set, or SET COLLATE?

ISTR there's a keystroke command that dumps all the SETs to the Command Window (IIRC), but I can't remember what it is. Anyone?

Could you post the results of that, or of LIST STATUS?

>I did all that you suggested with no success, and I am using VFP 9 SP2.
>
>I have always had this problem, and I have seen it work on other people's computers, but never on mine.
>
>
>>>

>>>lx = "Zip Code"
>>>ly = "Zip"
>>>at(ly,lx) 
>>>

>>>returns 0 instead of 1
>>> ...
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>>I tried this both with Visual FoxPro 6 and Visual FoxPro 9, and it works as expected, returning 1. I assume you add a question mark to the left of at(ly,lx) - I added it.
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>>Additional considerations:
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at() is case-sensitive. You can use atc() instead, if you want to find text in any case.
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You may want to issue the command SET STEP ON right before you use the at() command, to check whether the variables really have the expected values.
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Also watch out for invisible characters, like spaces. Chec, in the debugger, whether len(ly) (in the example) corresponds to what you would expect from the visible part.
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I believe you didn't mention the version of Visual FoxPro, nor the service-pack you are using (if any). It is possible that some versions of Visual FoxPro have a flaw; but I consider this possibility remote in this case; at least, I didn't hear of version-specific problems for this particular command.
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>>HTH,
>>
>>Hilmar.

Regards. Al

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