>Hi All! How do you extract certain parts of a string. Like I want to replace the first three digits of a field with something. ie. 50-1020 with 95-1020
>Anything that begins with 50- I want to replace it with 95-
>
>Thanks in advance for your help!
>
>Joe

Joe: You can use

REPLACE MyField WITH "95-" + SUBS(MyField,4)

or also you can use

REPLACE MyField WITH STRTRAN(MyField, "50-", "95-")

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