If I remeber well there is an article in Calvin Hsia's BLOG about STORE vs =. Unfortunately I can't find it now :o(. There he explain why STORE is fsster then [=]. It is because [=] has more operations to do. [=] operator must have logic to see if you want to STORE value to a variable or you want just to compare values.


>>I haven't used it for the same reason as you, readability. I think x=y is just easier to read. Do you have any idea as to why the STORE would be faster?
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>I think it is time to actually do a speed test.
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>clear
>looplimit = 1e6
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>StartTime = seconds()
>for i = 1 to looplimit
>	store 10 to x
>next
>? [Using "store"], seconds() - StartTime
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>StartTime = seconds()
>for i = 1 to looplimit
>	x = 10
>next
>? [Using "="], seconds() - StartTime
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>On VFP 6, the version with STORE is consistently faster. The difference is not significant, IMO, except perhaps in some tight loops (store might use 0.3 seconds, and "=" 0.37 seconds, for a million repetitions).
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>And no, I don't have the slightest idea why STORE would be faster.