*VFP7 and up tcStr = "2222 3333 4444 5555" alines(arrVals, tcStr, " ") *VFP6 and up tcStr = "2222 3333 4444 5555" alines(arrVals, chrtran(tcStr, " ",chr(13))) *Older - for short lists this was fastest as I could see tcStr = "2222 3333 4444 5555" tcStr = chrtran(tcStr, " ",",") oDummy = createobject('Listbox') with oDummy .RowSourceType = 1 && Value .RowSource = tcStr dimension arrVals[.ListCount] for ix=1 to .ListCount arrVals[ix] = .List(ix) endfor endwith release oDummyCetin