Yes, I was thinking the same. May be he meant || or condition ?

>John,
>
>Your example won't ever work correctly. See my comment below:
>
>

>       bool retVal = false;
>
>       // this.MyMethodB() will never execute because of the fact
>       // that retVal is already false.
>       retVal = retVal && this.MyMethodB();
>

>
>so, I guess you need a different example to explain your problem.
>
>~~Bonnie
>
>
>>Hi,
>>Thank you for reply.
>>
>>Actually I am not using string. I just use it as example. Below is my sample code":
>>
>>

>>
>>public class MyClass
>>{
>>    public bool MyMethodA()
>>    {
>>        bool retVal = false;
>>        //Do Soemthing
>>
>>       retVal = retVal && this.MethodB();
>>       return retVal;
>>    }
>>
>>    public bool MyMethodB()
>>    {
>>        bool retVal = false;
>>        //Do Something
>>        retVal = 1 + 1 > 0;         //Example
>>
>>        if (retVal)                       // Weird
>>        {
>>            retVal = 2 + 2 > 0;     // Example
>>        }
>>
>>        return retVal;
>>    }
>>}
>>

>>
>>when I debug, the retVal at //Weird will compare wrongly. If I change retVal at MethodA to other name, then the problem will be gone. At idea?