Subject Re: character string problem From Charlie <tm@tc.com> Date Sat, 16 Mar 2019 18:05:01 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started OK back to the drawing board... Does not like line 4905.  but 4904 is OK.... Not sure what is going on here!!! Mervyn Bick Wrote: > 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 > ******** > > > >