1/ == is safer than $ (eg, also matches 'xlsx1')
2/ Lower() on the shortest string is faster

if Lower(Justext(m.lcFileName)) == 'xlsx'

>I realize after I wrote this that I can force the variable into lower case as a solution
>lower(lcFileName)
>I assume the characters XLSX and xlsx are different species in terms of ansi numbers and that it may not be possible to reconcile.
>k
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>>is there a function that accepts upper AND lower case - right now my program (excerpt below) only detects lower
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>>if 'xlsx' $ Justext(lcFileName)  = .T.
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