>Paul,
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>What is your problem. . . are you saying that Item(x,9) can have different types from entry to entry? While certainly not impossible, it is unusual, and should be something you can "fix".

The problem was (is?) that I was getting an error sorting with ASORT(x,9) re:data types. They are going to be all of the same type, so I couldn't figure out why this shouldn't work. It occured to me as I was reading your message why it's failing (most likely). In my test program, all of the data isn't defined yet. The numbers in column 9 are calculated values. Since all of the data isn't there yet, I' m sure the formula I'm using is doing a divide by 0 (and THAT's what ASORT is complaining about - since it's not a number like all the other ones in the list).