>>Is there a simple way (without having to check all the datatypes) to get the equivalent empty value for a variable. For example

>>FOO(12) ------------> 0
>>FOO("abcd") --------> ""
>>FOO(DATE()) --------> { }
>>FOO(DATETIME()) ----> { :}

>>etc.
>>
>>I can write FOO if I need to. Just wondering if there is already a feature in the language.
>>
>>Thanks......Rich
>
>You can use the CAST() function:
>

>nVal = CAST("" AS i)
>dVal = CAST("" AS d)
>cVal = CAST("" AS c)
>tVal = CAST("" AS t)
>

Shoot......I forgot about losing the VFP version when you do a preview of the message. This will be in VFP 8 so CAST is unavailable.

Thanks for responding.