You're welcome, Steve. I can't take credit for the idea, though. I'm sure I picked it up on UT or Foxtalk or FoxPro Advisor. Seeing it for the first time several years ago is what taught me about DTOS() and it's use in data arithmetic.
Happy holidays to you too.
-Dore

>Dore,
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>Thanks. I tried it and I like it.
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>Nothing like doing in one command what used to take several commands and did not work right anyway. Very nice.
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>I appreciate your great code.
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>Happy Holidays.
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>Steve Kramer