>>>INLIST(town,'NEWT') or town='NEWT'. Guess what? :))
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>>Is this some kind of trick question? :) I would obviously choose the one without INLIST, without testing anything.
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>And you woul be absolutely right. I just love to experiment :)
However, you are not treating INLIST fairly :) It's meant for multiple values - so, to be fair, you need to compare something like:
INLIST(field,'A','B','C')
vs
field = 'A' OR field = 'B' OR field = 'C'
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.