>It wasn't so much a lecture and a query on my part as I am in no way a super coder <g>. Indeed, I have never used LOOP in my code. I'll be having fun with it now, though.
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>Keep having fun.
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To be strict, you should not use LOOP or EXIT in your code. And not multiple RETURNs. And declare local vars right before you need them, not in the beginning of the code.

But that's for the ideal world and for the purists. VFP and VB offer ability to break the loops, so we may use these commands even if they contradict to the programming principles.