Here is a sipel function for stripping double characters from a string:
Public Function StripDoubleChar(ByVal Text As String, Char As String) As
String
Dim Pos As Long
Dim Start As Integer
Dim sTemp As String
Dim sFind As String
Dim iCount As Integer
Start = 1
sTemp = Text
sFind = String(2, Char)
Do
Pos = InStr(Start, sTemp, sFind, vbBinaryCompare)
If Pos Then
Mid$(sTemp, Pos) = Mid$(sTemp, Pos + 1) &