cOrgText = "ret..369" cNewText = CHRTRAN( cOrgText, CHRTRAN( cOrgText,"0123456789", ""), "" ) ? cNewText && Returns 369 as string ? VAL( cNewText ) && Returns 369.00 as numeric ? INT( VAL( cNewText ) ) && Returns 369 as numeric integer ? LEN( cNewText ) && Returns length 3HTH