>>>I have a TEST field which contains something like 1,2,5,18,23,32,33,34.
>>>
>>>I would like to compare a value within this field value.
>>>
>>>For example, I would like to do something like
>>>
>>>IF INLIST(TEST,'23')
>>> ...
>>>ENDIF
>>>
>>>But, this is not working. How can I process this validation?
>>
>>if ",23," $ ","+alltrim( TEST)+","
>>...
>>
>>This the best way I know. Please note that it's very important to add commas before and after TEST (otherwise you can find 23 in 423 for example even if 23 is not there). A good idea is to keep ",1,2,5,18,23,32,33,34," in TEST, not "1,2,5,18,23,32,33,34". It's faster.
>
>That will work but not if 23 is at the beginning or at the end.

Why not?

Vlad