chrtran(myfield,"/\,*#"," ")

Then use strtran() to cut the double spaces. For more information, check out the help on these.

HTH.

>I would like to replace characters such as / \ , * # etc with a specific field. I would be replace these characters with a single space. The ideal would be to run such a function so that it scans the field entirely and does the replacements. Then I would need to apply a replace function that would get rid of any double spaces that are in the field.
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>Thanks
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>Peter