>>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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>Here is Jim Booth's contribution, from Re: Reliably getting age from DOB and DATE() Thread #586710 Message #586842, where tdb is birthday, and tdd is current date:
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>? floor(INT((VAL(DTOS(tdd))-VAL(DTOS(tdb))))/10000)

Steve;

Off topic – what me be off topic?

I am waiting for someone to add this to the VFP 8.0 wish list and to have an argument over perhaps the use of a verb, pronoun, or which toothpaste you use. Seems like we have had a bit of argument as of late and sometimes the reasoning is beyond me. :)

Tom