>can I something like the structure below ?
>
>if lcSearchFor .or. lcSearchFor2 .or. lcSearchFor3 $ lcSearchIn1
I am not sure what you asking for.
If you want to search for 3 strings into one the constructions should be:
IF lcSearchFor $ lcSearchIn1 OR;
lcSearchFor2 $ lcSearchIn1 OR;
lcSearchFor3 $ lcSearchIn1
....
ENDIF
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