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

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>>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'  )
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>IIF() is function, REPLACE is command. You cannot have command inside inline function.
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>MartinaJ

thanks martina - that would explain why I couldn't get it going with the traditional syntax.