>>>>>>I have a table with part numbers that show a length for the part numbers in another field.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I need to find all of the numbers that contain "2479" and replace the length for these numbers with a value that is 4 more than the current value.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Can anyone help me with a quick code to do this?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Brad.
>>>>>
>>>>>Is this field a numeric field or char field?
>>>>>
>>>>>Jeff
>>>>
>>>>The part number is a character field and the length is numeric.
>>>
>>>Simplitic way
>>>
>>>select table1
>>>locate
>>>scan for at('2479',partnofield)0
>>> replace lenfield with lenfield+4
>>>endscan
>>>
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>Jeff
>>
>>Thanks Jeff that did it!
>>
>>I do very little programming and am working on learning more. Stuff like this is very helpful.
>>
>>Brad.
>
>even more simplistic
>
>select table1
>replace lenfield with lenfield+4 all for like( '*2479*, partnofield)
>
>Paul


Thanks Paul, every little shortcut helps!

Brad.