How about an RegEx that removes all characters that aren't tabs and then count the remainder. If CF's RegEx engine supported \t it would be really easy. You'll have to substitute something legit for "::TAB::". I tried something like, REReplace(strOrderFile, #Chr(9)#, "", "ALL") in the past and I seem to remember that it blew up. Let me know if you find something that works. - Set strOrderFile = " ... " - Set intNumberOfTabs = Len(REReplace (strOrderFile, "[^::TAB::]", "", "ALL")) or, with Array conversion ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.

