>>lcString = LEFT(lcString, LEN(ALLTRIM(lcString))-4)
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>I'm sure it was an oversight, but for the benefit of the "newbie", if you're going to ALLTRIM() in the LEN(), you'll need to ALLTRIM() in the LEFT() as well.
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>lcstring=lefT(ALLTRIM(lcstring), LEN(ALLTRIM(lcstring))-4)

You are right.