>Bret,
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>Your line . . .
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> IF ASCAN(array2,myfield)
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>is the problem - ASCAN returns a numeric, where "0" indicates the item is *NOT* in the array and any other number indicates the position of the (found) item in the array. Return is an Elem#, by the way.
>
>regards,
>Jim N
>

You are absolutely right. I had to pay more attention to code answering the question.