Dovi.

I think it is time to sit down with a good VFP book.

>im using this function to detrmine a rate for a customer
>
>my rate table (named rates) looks like this
>
>code countyr rate1 rate2 rate n
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>what this function is doing so far is bringing me in the grid the correct name of the rate that im using for this customer..customer rates are preset in the customer table named long_distance.rate
>
>what is the next step to compare using the if statements that i have underneath to the number dialed to detrmine the correct price uner the corrcect name...?
>can anyone help me out here....
>
>FUNCTION getrate()
> PARAMETERS Result
>
> cRateField="long_distance.rate"
> dial="view1.dialednr"
> select rates
> set order to tag code
>
> IF LEFT(view1.dialednr,1)='0'
> SEEK LEFT(view1.dialednr,6)
> endif
>
> IF LEFT(view1.dialednr,1)="#"
> SEEK LEFT(view1.dialednr,3)
> endif
>
>
> if LEFT(view1.dialednr,1)='1'
> SEEK LEFT(view1.dialednr,4)
> ENDIF
>
>
> RETURN eval(cRateField)