This way can also be Done.

partno = 'abc defg hijkl LMN OPQ diw -0o32ewk dkdm woewmlmdlsm'
L=LEN(partno)
nLasposition=1
FOR I=1 TO L
cSpace=SUBSTR(Partno,I,1)
IF cSpace=" "
nSpaceposition=I
cPart=SUBSTR(Partno,nLasposition,I-nLasposition)
nLasposition=I+1
WAIT WINDOW cPart
ENDIF
Endfor

>how to separate an variable
>
>partno = 'abc defg hijkl'
>
>into
>
>partno[1] = 'abc'
>partno[2] = 'defg'
>partno[3] = 'hijkl'
>
>Thanks for the help
>
>Jerry