> is there a FoxPro function or does anyone have any code to convert a > formatted phone number such as (999)999-9999 to its digits only eliminating > any characters that are not digits? Well, the quickest way is using function StrFilter from FoxTools: digits_only=StrFilter(phone_number, "0123456789") This clears out everything except digits. Using clean Fox only, you'd have to have a list of unwanted characters to filter them out: digits_only=ChrTran(phone_number, "()-/+ ","") This clears out all the characters found in the second parameter.