On Friday 18 March 2005 02:30, Eilert wrote: > and what do think about simply > mystring = "is a veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy" > mystring = mystring & "vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvery long > string" Naturally, that works.... it's just wordier and a little bit harder to edit. Rob