Hi Charles,

It's probably good to run all the proposed approaches and compare the speed. I guess Ed's algorithm and FoxTools reduce() function should be the winners, but somebody has to check. Let original poster make these comparings and define his choice :)

Thanks.

>Nadya
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>Did you see a problem with the code I submitted? I believe it would run faster in a SELECT() statement and mline() seem irrelevant in the situation described.
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>Curious