Those are likely non-printable characters in whatever font you are using. Use substr and ord to get the octal value and then split on it.
Double check to make sure they are all the same character. /\/\ark -----Original Message----- From: Scott Lutz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 5:06 PM To: Beginners (E-mail) Subject: Character Types I am trying to do a split on a string with what looks like square boxes separating the data. Is this a tab? I was trying to find an ASCII value for this to split on it, but can't find one. Any ideas? Scott Lutz Pacific Online Support Phone: 604.638.6010 Fax: 604.638.6020 Toll Free: 1.877.503.9870 http://www.paconline.net -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]