Eric,
>split(string,constant) - This will split a text string into an array where the constant appears. like this example
>
>Dim MyString, MyArray, Msg
>MyString = "VBScriptXisXfun!"
>MyArray = Split(MyString, "X")
>' MyArray(0) contains "VBScript"
>' MyArray(1) contains "is"
>' MyArray(2) contains "fun!"
>

In VFP 7 (supposedly shipping this month), the ALINES() function has been augmented to have this capability. I don't know of a simple (without writing something yourself) in VFP 6.


>The other is...
>filter(stringarray, value) - This will create an array with elements from the string array containing value. For example
>
>Dim MyIndex
>Dim MyArray (3)
>MyArray(0) = "Sunday"
>MyArray(1) = "Monday"
>MyArray(2) = "Tuesday"
>MyIndex = Filter(MyArray, "Mon")
>' MyIndex(0) contains "Monday"
>

None that I know of.