On 1/2/06 8:07 AM, "Chuck Pelto" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I used this script two years ago to process data. > > I'm trying to use it again and NOW wherever I attempt to pull a > string from out of another string using... > > set thisString to (characters x through y of thatString) as string > > thisString has got a tab showing up after every character in the > extracted string. > > What's going on? You've set your text item delimiters to a tab. But you shouldn't be using that code in the first place; use: set thisString to text x through y of thatString -- Shane Stanley <[log in to unmask]>