Hi Gregory,
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>an alternative. I believe strtran() is much faster
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>=strtofile(strtran(filetostr(awFiles[ix,1]), cwoldtext, cwnewtext ), awFiles[ix,1])
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There is only some deal to work for: end of sentences as 'space
xxxspace' or ',
xxxspace' or '.
xxxspace' or 'space
xxx,' or 'space
xxx.'
But, your approuch is pretty much faster than my do while..
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, Ephesians 3:20