>>>I don't know what the reason but the help for ASCAN() states that you have to pass -1.
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>>There must be a restriction in the way they handle it. IAC, I'll add a small entry in the Toledo Wish List to request the acceptance of the comma to skip a parameter.
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>So I hope that your wish will be for ALL functions where it might be applicable, not just ASCAN()

As I just added.