Hi Christof,

VFP OCCURS() is not a C++ routine very well implemented.

ALINES() is 80% faster

Then, paradoxicalally, it is more convenient to execute ALINES() and then RELEASE the created Array.

sString = ''
FOR k=1 TO 10000
sString = m.sString +','+REPLICATE('a',RAND()*1000)
NEXT
? LEN(m.sString)
t1=SECONDS()
FOR k=1 TO 10
  =OCCURS(",",m.sString)
NEXT
? SECONDS()-t1 && 2444 ms
t1=SECONDS()
FOR k=1 TO 10
  =ALINES(aoccurs,m.sString,",")
NEXT
? SECONDS()-t1 && 1342 ms

Fabio