FUNCTION StringToInteger LPARAMETERS pcstring, plsigned LOCAL lnresult, lnlast, lni, llsigned,; lnmsb, lnmax lnresult = 0 lnlast = LEN(pcstring) * Return Signed Integer? IF PCOUNT() = 2 llsigned = plsigned ELSE llsigned = .F. ENDIF FOR lni = 1 TO lnlast lnresult = lnresult + ASC(SUBSTR(pcstring, lni, 1)) * (256 ^ (lni - 1)) NEXT IF llsigned lnmsb = (lnlast * 8) - 1 IF BITTEST(lnresult, lnmsb) lnmax = (2 ^ (lnmsb + 1)) lnresult = lnresult - lnmax ENDIF ENDIF RETURN lnresult ENDFUNCSimply pass it SUBSTR(< stringvar >, 19, 4)(Sergey was correct, BTW.