Thanks for that, Anonymous Monk!

I don't fully understand it yet, but it looks beautiful. 8)

That's the first time I've seen /K and /r.  No problems with /K, but my webhost is still using v5.10.1 and I see that /r didn't come in until 5.14.  So how could I write that without the /r modifier?  I think I understand what /r is supposed to do, but I don't yet understand your code enough to replace it in this context.

I've added a 2nd (unzip) function request, below, which I'd appreciate your input on, if you have time.

Thanks again.

In reply to Re^2: Merge 2 strings like a zip by tel2
in thread Merge 2 strings like a zip by tel2

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