I never got to like the ! operator - I actually use NOT most of the time - I think its because I just tend to see the "NOT" in my code better than "!".

After many years I have started to move away from both of those to - I don't know what to call it - a "secondary" comparison?...comparing to the logical value wanted:

SET FILTER TO Inactive = .T.
SET FILTER TO Inactive = .F.

I plan to retire in a few years and I figure the above is more readable for someone new than:

SET FILTER TO Inactive
SET FILTER TO NOT Inactive

In the 2nd case, the (new) developer has to know or surmise that Inactive holds a logical value. And if they were an experienced VFP developer they would.

Any idea what the syntax is like for other languages?

Albert


>>
>>SET FILTER TO Inactive = .F.
>
>I prefer Set Filter to !inactive