DO WHILE RIGHT(cString, 1) $ (" " + CHR(13) + CHR(10))
  cString = LEFT(cString, LEN(cString) -1)
EndDo
? cString
? len(cString)

Alan


>Hi,
>
>What is the best/fastest way to remove trailing carriage returns/line feeds from a string?
>
>Example:
>

>cString = "This is what I want to keep!"                         + ;
>          Space (10) + Chr (13) + Chr (10) + Chr (13) + Chr (10) + ;
>          Space ( 1) + Chr (13) + Chr (10) + ;
>          Space ( 1)
>

>After execution of the routine, all trailing blanks/CR/LFs should be removed (last 18 characters removed, first 28 characters ketp).
>
>TIA
>
>Fernando