>>>>

SET LIBRARY TO FOXTOOLS
>>>>? Reduce(cStringIn)

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>>>Now the 'regular expression' solution to the problem (using WSH?) and the problem is licked.
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>>Steve,
>>
>>Never thought about using the WSH's VBScript.RegExp object. Off the top of my head, you may be able to use it, but since we've got Reduce() in the library...:-)
>>
>
>George,
>
>I finally attempted to translate your new sigline. As close as I can get, it seems to be:
>
>Where there is dearness and love, God is there.

As far as I know, Steve, you're OTN (On the nose) with that. I think that the loose translation that I know of is pretty close: Where there is love, God is also. Or even simpler: God is love. I think your's is probably the most accurate.