> I need a couple functions that maybe someone can provide me
 > with.  I need one to trim the spaces off the beginning and
 > end of a string, and I need one that will properly capitalize
 > a persons name.  Something along these lines:
' flip$ turns SMITH, JOHN Q to JOHN Q SMITH
FUNCTION FLIP$(ARG$)
        REPLACE "," WITH " " IN ARG$
        DO:REPLACE "  " WITH " " IN ARG$:LOOP WHILE INSTR("  ",ARG$)
        A$=RTRIM$(LTRIM$(ARG$))
        A%=INSTR(A$," ")
        IF A% THEN A$=MID$(A$,A%+1)+" "+LEFT$(A$,A%-1)
        FLIP$=A$
END FUNCTION
' cap$ turns JOHN Q SMITH to John Q Smith
FUNCTION CAP$(ARG$)
        A$=LCASE$(RTRIM$(LTRIM$(ARG$)))
        IF LEN(A$) THEN
        DO : REPLACE "  " WITH " " IN A$ : LOOP WHILE INSTR("  ",A$)
        REPLACE " " WITH CHR$(1) IN A$
        A$=UCASE$(LEFT$(A$,1))+MID$(A$,2)
        DO
         A%=INSTR(A$,CHR$(1)):IF A%=0 THEN EXIT LOOP
         MID$(A$,A%) = " " + UCASE$(MID$(A$,A%+1,1))
        LOOP
        CAP$=A$
        END IF
END FUNCTION
(No, I didn't write this code; I just happen to have it stashed away....)
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