Sorry, no work around that I know of since those characters are locked out when you try to put in a variable name. One question though, what is the benefit of having a "-" in the variable name? Maybe if we knew what you were trying to accomplish we could come up with some other ways to go about doing it.Sorry, no work around that I know of since those characters are locked out when you try to put in a variable name. One question though, what is the benefit of having a "-" in the variable name? Maybe if we knew what you were trying to accomplish we could come up with some other ways to go about doing it.