On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 01:27:19PM +0200, steve-humphreys@gmx.com wrote: > > This is a string of blanks, a string composed of whitespace of any length. > > > > " " > > The above is what I meant, my gwx mail system is horse manure. Exactly 21 spaces? (I don't think so). Does one space count? Two? Context: Do you want to find the " " after the "a" in the following example: "This is a sentence with holes"? What about the single " " after "This"? Still some thinking for you to do :-) Cheers - t