>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>If I have a text file (a program) and want to search for 'VFP2SQL', but not for '.VFP2SQL' (e.g. I want to find occurrences where there is no . before that string), that can I do?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>
>On top off my head:
>

>lcFile = FILETOSTR(GETFILE())
>lnAt   = AT("VFP2SQL", lcFile)
>DIMENSTION OccPosition[1]
>LOCAL lnOccurance
>lnOccurance = 0
>DO WHILE lnAt # 0
>   IF NOT SUBSTR(lcFile, lnAt-1,1) == "."
>      lnOccurance = lnOccurance + 1
>      DIMENSTION OccPosition[lnOccurance]
>      OccPosition[lnOccurance] = lnAt
>   ENDIF
>   lcFile = SUBSTR(lcFile, lnAt+7)
>   lnAt   = AT("VFP2SQL", lcFile)
>ENDDO
>

>
>But maybe with RegExpr you can do this much more easier :-)

Sure, RegExpr should be much easier. Wondering if someone can help here, as I am swamped at the moment.

BTW, this is how occurrence is spelled.