You Basta! You almost had me agreeing with that last statement. [Razz] [Eek!]

But try this:

? vartypename( 0 + "2")
? vartypename(+ "2")

The leading numeric is the key!

[ 10. October 2003, 22:32: Message edited by: Howard Bullock ]
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