>Irene,
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>If you use chrtran() to remove characters you can see that the code is running O(n²) which is unsatisfactory for large values of n. strtran() does not suffer from the same flaw:
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>StrToFile(strtran(FileToStr('c:\tmp\wtbsold.txt'),'"',''),'c:\tmp\wtbsold.txt')
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>There is a DeQuote() function over on my website that performs even faster that strtran. It's under Samples.
>
>
Nice site, David. I'll place a reference to it in the FAQ here in UT.
I probably have to run some tests comparing your utility with the utility I currently use (thanks to Cetin), when I have time.

The only problem with your site, that it opens in the same IE instance, e.g. I then have to hit Back on my browser to return back to UT. Could you make it open in the new IE instance, please.

Thanks again.


>>I'm using these commands to get rid of the double quotes in a text flat file. The code works accept when the file contains more than +/- 2000 records (lines) the vfox session hangs (NOT RESPONDING). Is there a limit or do I need to include in my code a command that tells vfox to wait until the FileToStr command is done? Please help...
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>>The command that causes the programto hang is:
>>StrToFile(chrtran(FileToStr('c:\tmp\wtbsold.txt'),'"',''),'c:\tmp\wtbsold.txt')