>Hi friends
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>Before invent an UDF I ask you.
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>Clipper has two very useful functions named "MLCOUNT()" and "MEMOLINE()" both very similar to ALINES() or MEMLINES() but they don't work as I would like.
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>What I need is separate a string in as lines as necesary so that I can print it in a ticket printer. I do this in Clipper but I can't get it in VFP.
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>MLCOUNT() and. MEMOLINE() are "inteligents" functions. They don't truncate words.

You can pass a parameter to ALINES() to break the string up on whatever separators you choose. Alternatively, you can use GETWORDNUM() to break the string up one word at a time. However, that's a lot slower.

Tamar