Hi, maybe this is again something which isn't really supported, but while using the new "end" keyword for indexing into strings works generally fine, there are problems if I'm using non-ASCII characters like German Umlaute: ? s = "motorhead" ? s[1:end] motorhead ? s = "motörhead" ? s[1:end] Indexwert 10 außerhalb der Grenzen ( = out of bounds) This is with a recent snapshot. (And BTW, here I have bare expressions which AFAIK are not generally allowed, but should be enough in this context...) thanks sven