http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-25T15:11:57 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/CFML_Reference/functions-pt2114.htm#21673 That trick will reverse() will only work if the number does not end in zero, e.g. HAIKU-2004 -> 2004 but HAIKU-200 -> 2 ivanmca 0 0 2004-09-23T10:31:44 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/CFML_Reference/functions-pt2114.htm#19885 If you need to get the number of the end of a string <br /> e.g. HAIKU-2004 you can do this, reverse the string do val and then reverse it again.<br /><br />reverse(val(reverse(textstring)) beadingo 0 0 2004-08-11T02:54:49 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/CFML_Reference/functions-pt2114.htm#1486 May seem obvious, but val done on an empty string returns zero. 0 0 2003-08-26T07:20:32