I never tried switch for character expression. Let me try that then.

>Could you reformat it into a switch statement?
>
>Bill
>
>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>In VFP I would use CASE expression. Is there any way to simplify this code?
>>
>>

>>     if (String.Equals(mkvp.Key, "PRI_KEY", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
>>                           groupMember.PrimaryKey = Convert.ToInt32(mkvp.Value);
>>
>>                        if (String.Equals(mkvp.Key, "FIRST", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
>>                           groupMember.FirstName = mkvp.Value;
>>
>>                        if (String.Equals(mkvp.Key, "LAST", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
>>                           groupMember.LastName = mkvp.Value;
>>
>>                        if (String.Equals(mkvp.Key, "GstNo", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
>>                           groupMember.GuestNo = Convert.ToInt64(mkvp.Value);
>>
>>                        if (String.Equals(mkvp.Key, "Notes", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
>>                           groupMember.Notes = mkvp.Value;