>My code stores a singe character to ff
>
>How do I test ff for FF, LF and CR characters
>
>Simple I know
>
>One of those days
>
>Colin

in general $ or AT()

lcString =`'ABCD'
?'A'$lcString
?'a'$lcString
?at('A',lcString)
?at('a',lcString)

for CR,LF etc you can use CHR() or the 0h Syntax

lcCHR = CHR(13)
lcCHR2=0h0D
?lcCHR=lcCHR2

For the codes see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII