Sometimes the best solution is the simplest one. :)

>Hi Sergey,
>
>For my purposes, I think this will work just fine.
>
>>In this simple case you can use STRTRAN() function

lcMemo = "The rain <<cInsertText>>falls mainly on the plain."
>>cInsertText = "in Spain "
>>? STRTRAN(lcMemo, "<<cInsertText>>", cInsertText)
>>cInsertText = ""
>>? STRTRAN(lcMemo, "<<cInsertText>>", cInsertText)
>>

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