>> > > >I was INCORRECT.. replaceLIST() cannot REMOVE characters.. bummer
well, it actually looks like there IS a trick (which I used and didn't realize it). if you code in directly in source code form, then you cannot provide for deletes.. if you code the in and out strings as strings, then you can. in="a,b,c,e" out = ",,, ," (or "'','','', ,") will not work in="a,b,c,e" out = ''&","&''&","&''&","&' ' then it DOES work. Sam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:317938 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4