On Dec 30, 2007 6:51 AM, Randall Lee Reetz <randall at randallreetz.com> wrote: > How do I get the char count (number) of the first char of a > particular word (say "word 4") of a string? Not sure I understand exactly what you mean, but how about: put the number of chars in word 1 to 4 of myString Cheers, Sarah