oops (resend) - I typed the Lingo too quickly & didn't test it - ----------------------------------------------------------------- you can also clean a char out by chunking through the items
if a field(1) holds this: From: "Jayp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TomH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> etc. you can clean out the quotes (or any specific character) by calling member(1).text = clean(member(1).text, QUOTE) on clean str, aChar the itemDelimiter = aChar c = str.items.count newString = "" repeat with i = 1 to c newString = newString & str.item[i] end repeat return newString end hth -Buzz At 1:13 AM +0100 5/18/02, you wrote: >Hi >How can I tell if there is a QUOTE in my variable an delete it > >Theres a quote in my LIST and its making the list NOT work properly > >Ie. "From: "Jayp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > >See the quotes around JAYP >I need to get rid of them > >Please help > >Jayp > > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go >to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with >programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]