Devin Asay wrote: [snip] > I would try something like: > > put length(line 1 to 9 of fld "myfld" into startchr > put length(line 1 to 19 of fld "myfld" into endchr > select char startchr to endchr of fld "myfld" > --(or whatever you want to do with the chunk Mark, Devin, Thank you! This is what I needed :-) -Garrett