Stephen- Saturday, May 9, 2009, 11:15:01 AM, you wrote: > Wouldn't "I" && "am" be the same as "I " & "am"? ((notice the space after > "I" in the second example")). also the same as "I" & " am" ...and just for good measure... "I" & space & "am" -- -Mark Wieder mwieder at ahsoftware.net