Didn't know about strextract()! I really need to upgrade from vfp6 :)

>Tracy,
>
>In this case code can be much shorter

oldval="RGB(0,0,0,255,255,255)"
>lcStr = STREXTRACT(oldval, "(", ")")
>lnPos = AT(",", lcStr,3)
>? "RGB(" + SUBSTR(lcStr, lnPos + 1) + "," + LEFT(lcStr, lnPos-1) + ")"
>

>>If I was an Ostrich, I'd stick my head in the sand right about now! :o) You are the first one to catch the obvious. I shouldn't be reversing the order at all, but switching the pairs as your example clearly does quite well. What was I thinking? (I obviously wasn't!) Thanks Steve!