>To delete rather than translating characters you can position them at the end of the cSearchExpression and shorten the cReplacementExpression. > >
>lcBadchar="1234LMN"
>lcReplace="****"&&no replacement chars for LMN
>? CHRTRAN("Let Me Know the Number 3",m.lcBadchar,m.lcReplace) &&LMN erased
>*--- returns et e Know the umber *
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