xlate question

[Mike Schwartz-PC Support & Services]

> On Behalf Of Kenneth Brody
> > rep(15)=xlate(15,chr("34")chr("44")," ")
> > and that had reported a error, so count that out, I however did not
> > try with a & inbetween, that sounds like it would work but I never
> > ended up needing it.
> [...]
> 
> It reported an error because you need something to join the chr("34")
> and chr("44"), such as '&'.
> 
> However, if the problem with commas [for which you could have used ","
> rather than chr("34")] was because you didn't have quotes around the
> field, then placing quotes around the field would eliminate the need
> to eliminate the commas.

     I think you meant to say "used "," rather than chr("44")", Ken, or am I
not reading something correctly?

	Actually what would be the correct (or best) syntax for replacing
two characters within a field using just one xlate command?  Suppose we
wanted to replace the double quotes with a period and the commas with a
tilde.  Would this work:

rep(15)=xlate(15,chr("34")&","),".~")

  I've never used xlate with multiple characters, and this might be
something that everybody on the list should add to their arsenal of filePro
knowledge...

Thanks!

Mike Schwartz