>Hi,
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>>>I need a method of a object to return some strings (actually two). I can declare the variables as Private before calling the method and set the values of the variables inside the method.
>>>Or I can declare the variables Local and pass them by reference (with @). Therefore, when passing by reference the variable value can be set within the method and afterward get the value.
>>>What is better practice?
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>Not sure about practice - but VFP defaults to "private" when you create a variable and they're intended to be accessible in subroutines. I have very old code that makes full use of this.
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>Worth noting that if you
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DO MYproc with m.myvar1,m.myvar2
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>those variables are passed by reference, meaning you can update them in the proc. That might be clearer.
Thank you. I decided (already re-writing) to go with what Sergey and Tore suggested: create an object with properties and return it.
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