Sunshine,

The # symbol is used for 'not equal to'. The symbols <> also do the same.

The $ has 2 usages, one now obscure.
The still current usage is to test if one string is contained in another string.
In the code m.IsThis $ m.InHere the "IsThis" string is searched for in the "InHere" string and if it is found then a .T. will be returned. So if m.IsThis contains "Fox" and m.InHere contains "Visual FoxPro" then it will return .T.
The more obscure use is to represent the 'current position' (either vertical or horizontal) of the cursor in a @SAY... So one could code @$, $+2 SAY "Whatever".


># = .NOT. I think however I can't find anything on $.
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>Thanks for your help...
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>Sunshine