>>>Ok, that 'puzzle' from Hilmar was far too easy (took me 10 seconds, ok .. 30).
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>>>Here's a nice contest. Who can write the shortest function (using native vfp functions/commands) that returns a person's age. Input is the birthday and the current date. The winner will get 3 points from me!
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>>Hmmm... FAQ#7797 ? :)
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>Looking at that post, I'd say that Gérald Santerre had the shorter function since he simplified
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>((MONTH(ldMdate)*100 + DAY(ldMdate)) >= (MONTH(ldDob)*100 + DAY(ldDob))
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>to
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>RIGHT(DTOS(ldMdate),4) >= RIGHT(DTOS(ldDob),4)
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>although he used the less than sign and reversed the order of the IIF() clauses to make a shorter expression.
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>(and that's my to cents worth)
>-Lou.

OY! I should proofread my typing! Those should have been two cents not to sense or perhaps that should have been non-sense as that is what this surely is.
-Lou.
(okay I'll stop typing for a while and sit in the corner now)