In a message dated 10/27/98 5:10:52 PM, you wrote: <<LEN(given$)>> I'm just curious, is there any speed difference in getting the string length with PEEK compared to getting it with LEN? Would this: strLen=PEEK(@given$) be any faster (even slightly) than strLen=LEN(given$) I know the difference would be so small it wouldn't really make a difference, but nonetheless I'm curious. Just curious, -Matt