>>Peter,
>>
>>What's the difference between
>>

>lcC = "a" + ccCRLF + "b" + ccCRLF + "c" + ccCRLF + ""

>and

>lcC = "a" + ccCRLF + "b" + ccCRLF + "c" + ccCRLF

>
>No difference.
>
>>
>>The only way to indicate an empty line is to append crlf as in
>>

>>lcC = "a" + ccCRLF + "b" + ccCRLF + "c" + ccCRLF + "" + ccCRLF
>>

> or

>lcC = "a" + ccCRLF + "b" + ccCRLF + "c" + ccCRLF + ccCRLF

>
>Suppose the last item is determined by some string variable. The result of ALINES() will differ depending on whether or not the variable is empty.
>
>

lcC = "a" + ccCRLF + "b" + ccCRLF + "c" + ccCRLF + lcSomeVar

>
>This is troublesome, also because the resulting array is redimensioned even if was originally longer. Do something like
>

dimension laLine[4]
>laLine = ''
>alines( laLine, lcC )
>? alen( laLine )

>
>The array will shrink back to 3 elements if the last line in lcC is empty.

Peter,

Why not always add crlf to the last element ?
instead of

lcC = "a" + ccCRLF + "b" + ccCRLF + "c" + ccCRLF + lcSomeVar

do

lcC = "a" + ccCRLF + "b" + ccCRLF + "c" + ccCRLF + lcSomeVar + ccCRLF

then alines() will always return 4