>This is not true ... my suggestion keeps lines 1 and 2 together.

Let me see; perhaps I was confusing it with recno(). Would the variable be increased AFTER the record is printed?

I was reasoning like this:

For the first record (I was assuming the variable, rnLineCounter, would be equal to 1), int(1/2) = 0.

For the second record, int(2/2) = 1, so that would be a different group. Am I making the wrong assumptions about the way the variable is evaluated?

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>>I suggest a slight correction: adjust the expression to
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>>int((rnLineCounter+1)/2)
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>>Otherwise, the first record will appear by itself.
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>>>Create a report variable called rnLineCounter, set it to COUNT() and reset at end of report.
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>>>Add a data group with the expression of INT(rnLineCounter/2).
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>>>Now you can expand the size of the data group footer to give you the white space between every set of two records.
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>>>Cathy
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>>>>i want my report to appear like this,
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>>>>record 1
>>>>record 2
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>>>>record 3
>>>>record 4
>>>>
>>>>record 5
>>>>record 6
>>>>.
>>>>.
>>>>.
>>>>.
>>>>etc
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>>>>how do i do that? pls help. TIA.