>>i have a text string of multiple short sentences each separated by periods stored in a variable called mesa
>>i would like to display the string with each sentence occupying a new line
>>if i use
>>? mesa
>>i get a run-on string
>>i would like to use
>>? subs(mesa,1,??)
>>? subs(mesa,??+1,??) (where ?? is the location of each period)
>>
>>
>>How can i locate and store each of the numerical placements of the periods to build up my substring segments
>>or is there a more efficient way to do this.
>>
>>thanks
>>k
>
>put into an array
>

>ALINES(aMesa,m.mesa,".")
>

Thank you fabio, sadly i'm not familiar enough with array to display it so could not get anywhere with this one.
k