>>>No, it does not exactly describe the current behavior (unless it has changed in vfp8). If there's something not-empty AFTER the last delimiter/terminator, then that will be processed by ALINES() also.
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>>Than we'll have to agree to disagree.
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>How do you mean?
You disagree with my POV on the subject, I disagree with yours. There's nothing to discuss anymore.
--sb--