>>>>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.
>
>Sure it will work. Vlad put the necessary "," at both the beginning and end of the string. If they're already in the string, no harm done.

Thanks.