I have the exact same problem, I type Mr,Mrs,Miss,Ms and end up with {'Mr,Mrs,Miss,Ms'}. I did not include any quotes. If I do include apostrophes around each element ('Mr', 'Mrs', 'Miss', 'Ms'), I get {'Mr'', ''Mrs'', ''Miss'', ''Ms'}. Entering {'Mr', 'Mrs', 'Miss', 'Ms'} also gives {'Mr'', ''Mrs'', ''Miss'', ''Ms'}. So there seems to be a bug in the parsing code! I also use VS2010, NORMA 4 July version. Good tutorials anyway!