>>>Does anyone know another way to do this? I want to set multiple values (two in this case) in an ICASE() based on the one matched condition.
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>>Why I don't see why (you ask this), but obviously:
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>>update:
>>Ah, I missed the point you like to have it as an ICASE
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>>ICASE(.T.,TestMatch(test1,test2,@lnVar1, @lnVar2))
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>>Rick, I do not understand what you are trying to do. It returns .T. and altere teh paras, one way is more or less like the next.
>>Except
>>Speed
>>code clearence
>>and:
>>FUNCTIONS should not do this. A FUNCTION should return a value based on the parameters. No side effects, no parameter by reference.
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>>I've done odd things with functions (in VFP SQL, to get special effects), but at least a return value ....
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>In C and C++, for example, you could do the equivalent of this to do multiple assignments:
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ICASE(test1, (lnVar1 = 1, lnVar2 = 2), test2, (lnVar1 = 10, lnVar2 = 20), (lnVar1 = -1, lnVar2 = -2))

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>I was just wondering if anyone knew of an ability to do something similar in VFP that didn't require functions and @references?

Not that I know of. Also those C++ like return-the-value-of-var-and-increment stuff is not available. (a = i++)

BTW, since ICASE is a FUNCTION, I do not see the return value of the construct above?

Lutz