>>The problem with a table with many fields / many tables is, VFP will first run against those, then against the list of variables. So for access mdot makes sense. But for assign a value or accessing something that simple could not be a field like a method or array there it does not much sense to use it.
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>Lutz,
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>Whether on the left side of a statement or in an expression, the variable is the same. I fail to understand why one would choose to reference it in different ways deliberately.

Because we have to write to the workings of the language. I choose to use m. as often as possible.