>>>Does anybody have a function that converts a range of values into individual values? The best example, I think, is the range of pages in newer versions of MS-Word, where the user can type "1, 3-5, 7". I want this converted to a form that can easily be processed, like the string "1, 3, 4, 5, 7", or an array or cursor with the corresponding elements.
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>>>I am sure I can write the function myself, but it seems to me this is a rather involved procedure.
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>>>Hilmar.
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>>It doesn't seem complicated to me. I just wrote it in my head. Hint: use for loop :)
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>Ok, here is an algorithm:
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>Parse each element of the string into array laNumbers (actually char vals)
>Check each laNumbers[i] if contains "-". If so, find first and last element and do inner loop
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>    for i=lnFirst to lnLast
>        lcStr = lcStr+transform(m.i)+", "
>    next
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After your first answer, I was starting to think along these lines, too... Yes, it is simpler than I thought at first.

Hilmar.