Subject Re: character string problem From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invald> Date Sat, 16 Mar 2019 22:07:28 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2019-03-16 8:13 PM, Charlie wrote: > Hi Mervyn... Sorry about your electricity.  That usually happens here when we have a hurricane. > > One question.  Say I want to do the same with the title field.  Would I just do it concurrently or would I need to do it in a different loop? You need to step through the title field character by character as well. ******** Add the following to your existing program ***** go top do while not eof()    audesc = au_desc    for n = len(audesc) to 1 step -1        if substr(audesc,n,1) = ["]           audesc = stuff(audesc,n,1,[\"])        endif    next    ctitle = title    for n = len(ctitle) to 1 step -1       if substr(ctitle,n,1) = ["]          ctitle = stuff(ctitle,n,1,[\"])       endif    next    replace au_desc with audesc, title with ctitle    skip enddo go top ********