>I've seen a number of posts here about adding a WHILE NOT EOF() condition to a SCAN..ENDSCAN loop. I get the impression that this seems to make the loop process more quickly.
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>I've always thought the WHILE NOT EOF() was redundant.
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>Could someone please explain to me how including it speeds up the processing?
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>Thanks.............Rich

I have not seen anything posted here like this (although that does not mean it has not happened). I believe I have seen questions related to SCAN-ENSCAN vs.:

DO WHILE NOT EOF()
*- some processing here

SKIP
ENDDO

With SCAN-ENDSCAN being the preferred choice.