Hi Ted ,
 TM> What is GREP? What is it part of, and where does one find it?
     File request fgrep*.* and xgrep*.*
 TM> *processing* the data A line may contain more than one parameter,
 TM> and some of the parameters may consist of several "words".
 TM> Assigning these parameters to a number of variables correctly is
 TM> the issue
     Do you have my fbbs.btm? It shows a way to process params in any order.
     It checks at least 9 of them.
 Regards, Barry Block 
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