Jim,

>Jim,
>
>With the && not I don't think there is any issue. However with the & macro expansion there very well may be code out there that expects;
>
>

>lcStr = "ABC"
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>? "Here is the first three letters in the alphabet &lcStr"
>

>
>prints: Here is the first three letters in the alphabet ABC

That's the way I see it too. I must admit that it was by accident that I found that macro expansion worked within constants, and have used it a couple of times to advantage.

Cheers