do case case x = 1 ... case x = 2 ... case x = 3 ... ... case x = 500 ... endcaseIf "x" happens to be equal to 500, Visual FoxPro must analize all 500 cases, before carrying out the desired action. If this happens often, i.e., in a tight loop, performance will be bad. It might be much more efficient to split it, for example, as follows:
do case case x <= 100 do case case x <= 10 case x = 1 ... case x = 2 ... case x <= 20 case x = 11 ... case x = 12 ... case x <= 200 ...Or something similar. Much less CASEs to be analyzed, for any given number.