>>I must be having a Homer Simpson day, thanks. I had come up with a work-around, looping ISALPHA(SUBSTR(searchst,i). Clunky, but it worked.
>>Thanks
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>The wordnum in foxtools is very handy.
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>SET LIBRARY TO FOXTOOLS
>lcFullName = "Don Johnson"
>lcFName = WORDNUM( lcFullName, 1 )
>lcLName = WORDNUM( lcFullName, 2 )
>
>HTH

You vying for membership in the F&DB Club Dan?< g >