>>As Mike said, the only time parentheses change what happens is when VFP expects a name. Then, the contents of the parentheses are treated as a name:
>
>isolating/forcing a parameter out of passing by reference into value when calling as a procedure
>
>

>uoh = 2
>Do AreYouCertain with (m.uoh)
>? m.uoh 
>
>vs.
>
>Do AreYouCertain with m.uoh
>? m.uoh 
>
>function AreYouCertain  tnuoh
>tnuoh = m.tnuoh * m.tnuoh
>? m.tnuoh 
>return
>

>
>;-))

Good catch. Forgot about that one.

Tamar