>Hi all,
>
>In VFP, what is the 'preferred' (read as future compatibility) way to use the AND & OR operators & NULL assignment. To use them with dots or not.
>
>*-- to DOT
>IF X .AND. (Y .OR. Z)
> A = .NULL.
>ENDIF
>*-- or not to DOT
>IF X AND (Y OR Z)
> A = NULL
>ENDIF
>
More readable without dots, as others have already mentioned. However, RI insists on using dots! In all other places, you can omit them, except for .T. and .F. (you can
#declare T .T. or
#declare TRUE .T., of course).
Hilmar.
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