BOb,

Your second example will do the replace on ALL records where the for condition is met, every time through the loop. (The ALL keyword is implied by FOR).

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>Which to me would be more correct as:
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>Replace ALL city with "" for  suburb = city
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>OR
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>SCAN
>   if suburb = city
>      Replace city with "" for  suburb = city
>   endif
>ENDSCAN
>

>