Okay, I'll send him one. :)
Gregory's runs in about half the time as mine (altered mine to only strip ending portion).
100,000 iterations:
My function: 1.72 seconds
His function (wrapped in the same procedure file as mine): 0.95 seconds
>Sorry, Sergey got the nickel :)
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>I wanted just at the end.
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>Fernando
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Steve Gibson