Hi Robert,

Am Fri, 8 Mar 2013 14:53:14 -0700 schrieb Robert Crandal:

s1 = "--------" ' 8 dash characters
s2 = "13"

After applying your functions, the result of s3
shoud be:

s3 = "------13" ' 6 dashes + '13' string

then you have to work with len(s1):
s1 = "--------"
s2 = "13"
s3 = Left(s1, Len(s1) - 2) & s2


Regards
Claus Busch
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