Barry Lake wrote:

> Even if you don't read the communicator, you can find a wealth of
> information by doing :help functions at the CI prompt. This should give you
> a summary of the functions available. Then, for more information about a
> particular function, for example word, just do :help word.

However, if you have not kept up with the communicator, you probably won't remember that there are new functions to use to solve your problem.  In that case you may wish to do what I have done numerous times...    "help functions".  You will get a list of all the available functions supported by the version of the operating system you are on along with a very short summary description.  If you see something that sounds like it may work, then do a help on that specific function.  It's this preliminary step that would have helped Larry Barnes...

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