Could not get your exact requirement from your post. plz use the below checklist to be more clear for your req.

1. Please can u give some test values for the values in the ListBox 1 (approx. 10-12 is enough)
2. The numbers in the 7 text boxes.
3. and the Required result from those values.

Listbox1 combinations
01-03-05-07-10-11
01-03-05-08-09-11
01-04-06-08-09-11
02-03-05-07-10-12
02-03-06-07-09-11
02-03-06-08-09-11
02-03-06-08-09-12
02-04-05-08-09-12
02-04-06-08-09-11
02-04-06-08-10-12

Test numbers in the 7 textboxes (01-03-06-08-09-10-11-12)

what I am trying to do is write a routine that will search listbox 1
line for line amd dump whatever numbers appear in each item that match the test numbers:

example:

02-04-06-08-10-12 - dumped into listbox 2 : 06-08-10-12 (4 match)
the routine should search each line of listbox1 and dump whatever numbers it finds into listbox 2 matched line for line!!

I hope this explains my problem...Like I said I am very new at this and too old to go back to school LOL!

Regards
Kenneth L. Shank

PLZ REFER THE ATTACHED PROJECT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I HAVE SATISFIED UR EXACT NEED / NOT.

I AM UPLOADING TWO DIFFERENT STYLES OF SOLUTIONS.

one with normal textboxes and another with an array of text boxes. In my opinion the array logic will be very comfortable.

Dear Shaik

I really do appreicate what you have done...It at least gives me a better understanding of the difficulty of what I am trying to do.

Both versions do exactly what they are supposed to do, but I may have not been clear to you on exactly what the output to Listbox 2 is supposed to be...For example:
If the test numbers are: 01-02-03-04-11-12-06; the 06 being the the extra number drawn in the lottery.

Lets say the first item in Listbox 1 is: 02-05-07-09-11-12 then the numbers found in this case should be: 02-11-12 and that should be the only thing showing in listbox 2...just 3 numbers not 6. The reason for this is that I don't have to search through each item in listbox 1 with my eyes to see if I got any numbers right...the program is suppose to find them for me amd put just those numbers in listbox 2.

I hope I have been more precise to you on what the end of each run of the program is suppose to look like....again in this case listbox 2 should look like this........02-11-12 not 01 02-03-04-11-12

Many thanks for your help so far and I hope time permitting you can achieve the desired result for me.
Regards
Kenneth L. Shank.....kenshank281@hotmail.com

Check out the following attachment. I have modified it as far and as much as i could understand. Hope this solves ur problem.

Dear Shaik

I wish to commend you on a job well done! Not only did yo solve my problem...you have given me much to think about! I don't completely understand how you arrived at the solution because I am so new at Visual Basic Programming, but your comments will help me very much and I will study the code until I truly understand all the aspects of the program flow and how it produced the desired result!!

I wish you much success and good fortune

Regards,

Kenneth L. Shank