This is just a short sample of text that you can use as a demo. Remember to use the character 255 as end of file marker. Its a good idea to use the word search routine before you compress any of the code. I know that may seem obvious but I just wanted to clarify that point. The word search program will still find instances of the compressed word providing you supply the compressed version of the word eg ^1. Its a good idea to include the end ofpage marker as well (chr$ 64) at the end of you text. That is the end of this demo. Bye for now. BoB. See you all next month.