That's "commas", btw. John McKown wrote: > nocommas=strip(input,"b",",")
You meant: nocommas = space(translate(input, ' ', ','), 0) That is: 1) Translate commas to spaces 2) Remove all spaces from the number ...phsiii ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN