>>Unlike some other languages, VFP always perform logical operations in the order they are listed. However, if seek will not find anything, you may be on EOF() or wrong record.
>
>I will go ahead and break the IF command up into two IF commands....
>
>

>IF (Thisform.m_seek(lcFullerRx,"rx_claim","fullerx",1)) AND (rx_claim.statuscode = 2) AND (rx_claim.n_103_a3 = "B1")
>

>
>.......
>
>

>IF (Thisform.m_seek(lcFullerRx,"rx_claim","fullerx",1))
>     IF (rx_claim.statuscode = 2) AND (rx_claim.n_103_a3 = "B1")
>
>blah blah
>
>    ENDIF
>ENDIF
>

I agree 100%, relying on left to right execution order is IMO a bad habit and can cause subtle bugs and maintenance issues later even in languages that nominally follow LTR.

ISTR a thread a while back, might have been started by a Dutchman ( Peter de Valenca or Walter Meester? ) who discovered that LTR is NOT always followed in the SQL engine e.g. in the WHERE clause of a SELECT.