thanks les.
didn't bother to check it.

but now when I've red it I can say this ain't bug.

and about giving empty value...
if it is a control char and also the string to be check on, it should return correctly: "Match"
but if user puts something dynamically in to this string comparison and does not make any length check or error check, it is he himself who gets the blame.

so what ppl where really talking about was that when instr() does not have
if len() fail endif structure inbuild
it is a bug!

this is really weird thinging.
missing a feature is not a bug.
as a user of various m$ products, I can say it's vice versa.
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