David, >> wouldn't work
I di not say that. I did say >> does not consider ' and & << and for the purpose Tony wants it K' is the better approach. But that was not obvious- could have been text (i.e. for error-messages). -- Martin Pi_cap_CPU - all you ever need around MWLC/SCRT/CMT in z/VSE more at http://www.picapcpu.de