haystack$ = ("Zig Zag Wally Ronald Bush Krusty Charlie Bush Bozo Bush ") needle$ = "Zag Wally Bush Chicken" while word$(needle$,i+1," ") <> "" i = i + 1 thisNeedle$ = word$(needle$,i," ") + " " j = instr(haystack$,thisNeedle$) k1 = 0 k = instr(haystack$,thisNeedle$,j+1) while k <> 0 k1 = k k = instr(haystack$,thisNeedle$,k+1) wend if j <> 0 then print thisNeedle$;" located at:";j; if k1 <> 0 then print " Last position located at:";k1; print else print thisNeedle$;" is not in the list" end if wend