Steve

There has to be an earlier error in logic.

If O_ATTEMPS is 0 (zero) this line of code is attempting to incremet a variable called 0(zero) which, of course, cannot exist. O_ATTEMPS should either BE the variable (in which case drop the macro (&), or O_ATTEMPS should be previously set up as a character string which IS a variable.

i.e.

O_ATTEMPTS = O_ATTEMPTS + nval

or

O_ATTEMPTS = lc_number

&O_ATTEMPTS = &O_ATTEMPS + nval


Hope this sheds some light

Steve