>In that case (unless you need to know which field contains these letters), the simpler way would be to check

>"TOF" $ note1+'*'+note2+'*'+note3+'*'+note4+'*'+note5+'*'

>I've added the asterisks in between so you wouldn't get a .t. if note2='START' and note3='OFTEN'.

Dragan,
I am going to put this in the "clever lines of code" file I have started.
Thanks.