>>replace MyMemo with strtran(MyMemo, "@field", "ABC") for '@field' $ MyMemo
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>The FOR clause is useless. Or, maybe I miss something.

It is not useless because without it every memo field will be updated regardless of whether "@field" is present or not. This will unecessarily bloat the .fpt file. So the FOR clause will speed it all up and keep the .fpt file size to a minimum.