Thanks Mike. Setting with 'NE'=0 did the job with the ERR=*NEXT clause BUT only if I disabled my "ERROR_HANDLER" LOL Somehow that was overruling it.
The ,1 still seems to work best with GET_STR after all this.
let X$=J'GET_STR$(Y$,1)
The ,1 still seems to work best with GET_STR after all this.
let X$=J'GET_STR$(Y$,1)
