Function rep_string(s) max_len = Int(Len(s)/2) tmp = "" If max_len = 0 Then rep_string = "No Repeating String" Exit Function End If For i = 1 To max_len If InStr(i+1,s,tmp & Mid(s,i,1))Then tmp = tmp & Mid(s,i,1) Else Exit For End If Next Do While Len(tmp) > 0 If Mid(s,Len(tmp)+1,Len(tmp)) = tmp Then rep_string = tmp Exit Do Else tmp = Mid(tmp,1,Len(tmp)-1) End If Loop If Len(tmp) > 0 Then rep_string = tmp Else rep_string = "No Repeating String" End If End Function 'testing the function arr = Array("1001110011","1110111011","0010010010","1010101010",_ "1111111111","0100101101","0100100","101","11","00","1") For n = 0 To UBound(arr) WScript.StdOut.Write arr(n) & ": " & rep_string(arr(n)) WScript.StdOut.WriteLine Next