>Whoops - UT removed my spaces... there are 10-20 spaces between the FirstName and the LastName, all in one string.
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>>Is there any VFP routines that can remove (or replace) multiple space occurances in the middle of a string?
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>>I am processing data from another source. The NAME comes across as:
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>>FirstNameLastName
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>>I'd like to strip out the multiple spaces and leave it with just one space.

Peter --

Try this. I've coded it in several statements for clarity, but these could be combined in one line if needed for performance.

c = "Joanna                Smith"
c = ALLTRIM (c)         && Leading spaces need to be removed for this to work.
n = ATC (" ", c)        && Find the first space in the middle of the phrase
cNew = LEFT (c, n) + ALLTRIM (SUBSTR (c, n + 1))   &&  Use that location to reconstruct the string.

Enjoy!