>Hi Elmer,
>
>My aversion is the the CASE statement conditions themselves BEING THE WORK.
>In such a circumstance it is specifically coded to have EVERY CASE execute it's "conditional"
>expression (in the form of a function) and the conditional test is expressly designed to
>evaluate to .F.

Now I understand your aversion.
And agree with you.
IMO, that is a strange way to code.