> > 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. Matt, LEN(t$) compiles directly into a peek statement so, no it would be precisely the same speed, minus a possible function call overhead to the FB runtime. We're talking nanoseconds. -Derek ---------------- www2.hawaii.edu/~dereksmi ----------------