>>>I can locate a word in a string, But I need to determine the numeric value of the first letter, of the found word, in that string?
>>>Dag Nab it! I think I used to be able to do this, so I am blaming this question down to geezeritis. :)
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>Thank you for helping Naomi - j is Character 106 in a computer, but I want the number for the j in "the quick brown foxpro jumped over the lazy dog" The answer should be 24.

Look at ATC and RATC functions in Help.