>>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
>>

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>
>Yes, it can, but ALINES() is faster and the code is more readable and more likely to be correct the first time.
>
>Tamar

I keep seeing these kinds of things. It's like the count the number of weekdays between 2 dates. If you use a loop to do it, your thought process is no better than that of an 8 year old child. If you know it's basically 5/7ths of the difference between the 2 dates with 2 optional offsets, it's much faster and cleaner.