very nice! the list FEDCBA9876543210FEDCBA9876543210FEDCBA9876543210FEDCBA9876543210^ ........ 3333333333333333222222222222222211111111111111110000000000000000 it's a bit long. i replace it by FEDCBA9876543210 and get this code, it's shorter and efficient. :strlen setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set...
0x09 = TAB - didn't know how to produce it (never tried it, my editor didn't remove it) ========================= TAB can be produced with the 'cacls|find " /R user"' or 'reg query hkcu\environment /v temp |find /i "temp"' method here is the function (my OS is XP. test OK!) :BL....