>Hi Einar
>
>Thanks for replying copy the below into a text file and try i still get 8 lines
>txs

Hi,
If you always have that square thingy () in the last line of your string then just subtract 1 from your alines() result. Otherwise you can go through the array and search if there is a line with the square thingy in it.
The little square thingy counts as a character so it will be counted as a line.

??Einar