Why is Len("Andre") = 5, and Len("André") = 6? The same for words with ë, ú, ê ...... Is there's a particular reason for that, or is it a bug? Working in Ubuntu 12.04 QT4 Gambas 3..3.90 , a trunk version from 14 day's ago (don't know the correct number) Happy 2013 Johny