>Naomi:
> I was originally told of the difference in speed 10 years ago. Per your request, I just now tested them, and confirmed the difference. I ran this code:
>**********************************************
>@ 8, 10 say TIME()
>FOR x = 1 TO 100000000
> a = IIF(x%2=0, "Even", "Odd")
>ENDFOR
>@ 10, 10 say TIME()
>
>@ 15, 10 say TIME()
>FOR x = 1 TO 100000000
> IF x%2=0
> a = "Even"
> ELSE
> a = "Odd"
> ENDIF
>ENDFOR
>@ 17, 10 say TIME()
>**********************************************
>IIF took 1:12, and IF...ELSE...ENDIF took 1:23.
>Then, I ran the IF...ELSE...ENDIF first, and IIF second. IF...ELSE...ENDIF took 1:26 and IIF took 1:13.
>
>So, IIF appears to be about 13-15% faster than IF...ELSE...ENDIF.
>
>Jerry

Jerry,

Thanks a lot - I will now note this difference and will prefer IIF in big loops.