>>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.
>>

>>? IIF(myval<7,Replace myval with Int(myval), 'Retained myval'  )
>>

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>Hi Karen,
>
>Try This:
>
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>REPLACE myval WITH IIF(myval < 7, INT(myval), myval)
>

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>Hope this helps
>
>Ken

Oh wow!! Definitely going to write that one down. Thanks a lot Ken. It works beautifully.