>? GetWordNum( "1,2,3", 1, ",") && returns "1" >? GetWordNum( ",2,3", 1, ",") && returns "2" >? GetWordNum( ",,3", 1, ",") && returns "3" >AFAIK, this is by design. If will return the nTh word. It will disregard empty words. For this reason I use STREXTRACT() in cases where empty words are possible