>I would guess execution can be slowed down (especially if it is executed many times), because there is no way for VFP to optimize, and directly jump to a specific case. It has to test every case individually. Perhaps a hierarchical search can improve speed, something like this:
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>
>case nVar < 10
> do case
> case nVar = 1
> ...
> case nVar = 2
> ...
>case nVar < 20
> do case
> case nVar = 11
> ...
> case nVar = 12
> ...
>...
>
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Thank you for your input. It makes sense. Though, I have changed my approach since my original message.
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