>Jim,
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>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;
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>lcStr = "ABC"
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>? "Here is the first three letters in the alphabet &lcStr"
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>prints: Here is the first three letters in the alphabet ABC

I personally think that macro substitution shouldn't happen when withing strings.