I am assuming here that there are spaces separating the chars in your list. The use of “words” will also delimit if those are tase instead of spaces. But the method is worth exploring… Craig > On Mar 30, 2022, at 3:39 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > A B C > A A B > A B A > A A A > A A C