Bill,

Maybe its because the top example is done on a collection instead of on the array like in your second example.

I am not sure in the first example if you are actually achievieng the exit from the FOR..ENDFOR because of a match or is it just dropping through when its done with no match.

If it is dropping through, then it would make sense that lo would not be an object any longer because the FOR..Endfor has terminated.

We have always assigned our matching object to a memory variable or a property when exiting the loop upon a sucessful match.

Don't have to do it that way, but I know it works.

HTH

>Ok, I can deal with that. Don't understand it, but I can deal with it.
>But how about explaining these 2 examples:
>

>myform.method()
>  LOCAL lo, lc, loParent
>  lo = 'some text'                            && locals window shows lo = 'some text'
>  lc = WPARENT( THIS.NAME )
>  FOR EACH lo IN _VFP.FORMS
>    IF UPPER( lo.NAME ) == UPPER( lc )
>      loParent = lo
>      EXIT                                    && locals window shows lo = object
>    ENDIF
>  ENDFOR
>  IF TYPE( 'loParent.NAME' ) = 'C' ;          && locals window shows lo = .F. !!!!!!!!!!!!
>      AND loParent.WINDOWSTATE = 1
>    loParent.WINDOWSTATE = 0
>    loParent.REFRESH()
>  ENDIF
>

>Obviously VFP is working with the local variable that I set to 'some text', it was changed from character to .F.
>I'm guessing that means that a for each loop confiscates a variable from the method for it's own use, but doesn't restore the value back when it's done, instead it just sets it's value to .f.
>

>LOCAL lc, la( 5 )
>la( 1 ) = 'A'
>la( 2 ) = 'B'
>la( 3 ) = 'C'
>la( 4 ) = 'D'
>la( 5 ) = 'E'
>FOR EACH lc IN la
>  IF lc = la( 3 )
>    EXIT
>  endif
>ENDFOR
>? lc                   && prints 'C' not .F.      and locals window shows lc = 'C'
>

>So I guess a for each loop only confiscates variables and sets them to false if I'm cycling through objects. Cycling through characters leaves it just the way I would expect.
>
>Is there any logic to that? or is it just a "feature" I have to live with?
>
>
>
>
>
>>Your FOR EACH...ENDFOR creates and uses its own copy of the lo var, not the one from your Local declaration.
>>
>>You have to transfer the object reference to a an actual memory variable like you have done in your second example and that is why it works.
>>
>>Thats also why the lo variable continures to show a .f. in the locals window.
>>
>>HTH,
>>
>>
>>>I lost something here.
>>>Why is it out of scope? The locals window still shows that it exists, just the wrong type(). I assume that means that it's still in scope.
>>>
>>>>You have gone out of scope in the FOR...ENDFOR in the first example without making a memory variable reference to the lo object being evaluated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I'm using VFP 7.0
>>>>>
>>>>>This doesn't work
>>>>>

>>>>>myForm.method()
>>>>>  LOCAL lo, lc
>>>>>  lc = WPARENT( THIS.NAME )
>>>>>  FOR EACH lo IN _VFP.FORMS
>>>>>    IF lo.NAME == lc
>>>>>      EXIT                             && Locals window shows lo as object here
>>>>>    ENDIF
>>>>>  ENDFOR
>>>>>  IF TYPE( 'lo.NAME' ) = 'C' ;         && Locals window shows lo as .F. here
>>>>>      AND lo.WINDOWSTATE = 1
>>>>>    lo.WINDOWSTATE = 0
>>>>>  ENDIF
>>>>>

>>>>>but this does
>>>>>

>>>>>myForm.method()
>>>>>  LOCAL lo, lc, loParent
>>>>>  lc = WPARENT( THIS.NAME )
>>>>>  FOR EACH lo IN _VFP.FORMS
>>>>>    IF lo.NAME == lc
>>>>>      loParent = lo
>>>>>      EXIT                             && Locals window shows lo as object here
>>>>>    ENDIF
>>>>>  ENDFOR
>>>>>  IF TYPE( 'loParent.NAME' ) = 'C' ;   && Locals window shows lo as .F. here
>>>>>      AND loParent.WINDOWSTATE = 1
>>>>>    loParent.WINDOWSTATE = 0
>>>>>  ENDIF
>>>>>