lcStr = Filetostr("Myfile.txt") lcNewStr = STRTRAN(lcStr, CHR(0), "") =StrTofile(lcNewStr, "Mynewfile.txt">I have received a data file, exported from a Lotus Notes Table in tabular format. One field contains multiple values separated by what appears to be a null character. That is, it appears as a square box in common fonts and evaluates to zero in a ASC(SUBSTR(string,position,1)) function.