>>I prefer not to use macro substitution unless it's necessary and it's not necessary in this case.
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>>>Given alias of current table in cAlias and field name of one of its field cField:
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>>>Is EVALUATE(cAlias + [.] + cField) or &cAlias..&cField better way to retrive field value?
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>>>In this case, when alias and field name are both in variable, is there any other way to retrieve the field value?
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>I understand why try not to use macro substitution, but why are you saying it is not necessary in this case?
Because you have an alternative - evaluate() in this case.
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