Mark

This would be even faster:

pcName = chrtran( pcName, "#!$", "" )

>If you want to remove the characters (not just locate them) then I recommend STRTRAN:
>
>pcName = STRTRAN(pcName, "#", "")
>pcName = STRTRAN(pcName, "!", "")
>pcName = STRTRAN(pcName, "$", "")
>..and so on...
>
>This function is nice because it removes every instance very quickly.