How do I refer to an item generically?

[Rob Cozens]

Hi Kaveh,

>repeat with i = 1 to the number of groups
>if the number of btns of group i is 0 and the number of flds of group i \
>is 0 and the number of sbs of group i is 0 then
>delete group i
>end if
>
>If there a shorter way of saying this?

I don't understand the reference to "sbs".  If you're trying to 
ascertain that the group contains NO subordinate controls, test for 
exactly that:

if the number of controls of group i = 0 then delete group i
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