>>>One useful thing for the macros I found was for calling a procedure whose name is in a table, or calculated somehow - like when I calculated interest using several methods, and calling calc01, calc02, calc03 routines, and, you may guess, the table contained "01", "03" and such in the UseMethod field. Then I calculated the factor like this:
>>>
>>>lcMeth=table.UseMethod
>>>lnCoeff=calc&lcMeth()
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>>You still don't need macros to do this- you can use EVAL instead.
>>
>>lcMeth= "calc." + ALLTRIM(table.UseMethod) + "()"
>>>lnCoeff=EVAL(lcMeth)
>>
>>Faster, and IMHO, better.
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>Agreed. Nowadays I also use Eval() wherever possible - though there are some soft spots left for the &.

Yep. About the only time you *really* need a macro is when commands are involved.