Thank You


>In VFP7

lcStr = "Chief Probation Officer"
>lcResult = ""
>FOR i=1 TO GetWordCount(lcStr)
>	lcResult = lcResult + LEFT(GETWORDNUM(lcStr, i),1)
>ENDFOR
>? lcResult

There're similar functions in Foxtools in previous versions.
>
>
>>I am trying to pick out first character in a string for example:
>>

>>Chief Probation Officer
>>

>>I need to return
>>

>>CPO
>>

>>
>>I there a quick way of doing this, I will need to perform this operation on hundreds of strings. If there is no straight forward way of doing this then do I put each character in an array and search the array ?
>>
>>Thanks
>>Nick Patel