Then why does the below work? Am I missing something?

*testeval.prg
CLEAR
?'Sending prof_sc'
getfield='prof_sc'
value1 = WORDHIDE(EVALUATE('getfield'))
?value1
?'Sending junk'
getfield='junk'
value1 = WORDHIDE(EVALUATE('getfield'))
?value1

*wordhide function xstr param should = 'prof_sc' in this example only
FUNCTION wordhide
PARAMETERS xstr

? xstr
IF LOWER(xstr)='prof_sc'
	RETURN 'mdr_dob'
ELSE
	RETURN 'unknown - prof_sc was not passed to this program'
ENDIF

>Tracy,
>
>EVALUATE('getfield')) is equal getfiled. SO you don't need EVAL() either.
>
>>Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>This works:
>>THANKS (I always forget about EVALUATE!)!!!!!!!
>>
>>

>>getfield='prof_sc'
>>value1 = WORDHIDE(EVALUATE('getfield'))
>>?value1
>>
>>*wordhide function xstr param should = 'prof_sc' in this example only
>>FUNCTION wordhide
>>PARAMETERS xstr
>>
>>? xstr
>>IF LOWER(xstr)='prof_sc'
>>	RETURN 'mdr_dob'
>>ELSE
>>	RETURN 'unknown - prof_sc was not passed to this program'
>>ENDIF
>>

>>
>>>Did you try the vfp EVAL() function?