>>>Koen,
>>>
>>>Field name or table name m or local variable name m - this is asking for trouble.
>>>
>>>File name 'm.txt' is absolutely OK and 0 trouble.
>>>
>>>
>>Naomi,
>>
>>Noted, please mark my remarks as too sensitif in using the one letter M for variables.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Koen
>
>No problems. I rarely use one letter for variables except for i, j sometimes (although I prefer lnI and lnJ).

I came from FORTRAN originally, so for me i and j (and sometimes k, if needed) are always FOR loop counters. I also tend to keep my 'throwaway' variables short [mfld = mfield, mcnt = mcount, etc] and yes, the 'm' comes from FoxBase which is where I started in the Fox world. For variables that have a longer life (ie, form level), I have gotten more descriptive with them, for example: Thisform.r_isExperimental or Thisform.r_ProcessCount.