>I have always used the if .. endif clause but am wondering if the IIF could serve me here. The example in help menu of VFP does not answer my question.
>here is what I want to do using if ... endif
>
>

>if myval<7
>replace myval with int(myval) && I want to remove values to the right of the decimal
>else
>? 'myval exceeds 7'
>endif
>

>
>I tried this without success - is it possible ?? (or does this function only apply to expressions) or do I just have the syntax wrong.
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>? IIF(myval<7,Replace myval with Int(myval), 'Retained myval'  )
>

IIF() returns either the second or third parameter as an expression, depending on the value of the first parameter. You're attempting to return a command rather than an expression.

You could do something like

REPLACE MyVal WITH IIF( MyVal < 7, INT( MyVal ), MyVal ) IN MyAlias

but that's not a great alternative. MyVal would always be REPLACEd, even with the same value, which will affect things like GETFLDSTATE( ).