>Fabio,
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>>2004-1999 = 5 years, where is VFPT ???
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>Working on more important things I suppose, especially since strtran() works.
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>>Why this is not write into the Help Doc ?
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>I've submitted a doc update request along time ago. Did you?
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>>A simple optimization is that of do the substituytion right to left,
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>That is no optimization at all it still ends up moving the exact same number of bytes as doing it left to right.

???? David, I have some doubt

'ABABABA'
remove B
* on place left to right
'A'+move 5 chars -> 'AABABA'
'AA'+ move 3 chars -> 'AAABA'
'AAA'+ move 1 chars -> 'AAAA'
* end with 5+3+1 = 9 chars moved

* on place right to left
'ABABA' + move 1 chars -> 'ABABAA'
'ABA'   + move 2 chars -> 'ABAAA'
'A'     + move 3 chars -> 'AAAA'
* end with 1+2+3 = 6 chars moved