>GETWORDCOUNT()
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>BTW, Anytime I need help with text manipulation in VFP, I go to http://www.stevenblack.com/text.html
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>>I've been looking in VFP help for a way to count the number of times a preselected word occurs in a sting.
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>>Suggestions?

Thank you. I must have missed something when I looked at that command. I'll look more slowly this time. :-)