>>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.
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>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.
>

You could always Shift-Click. That will open a new IE. That's what I always do because you can't tell from a link what it will do.
HTH,