>Look in the index for "reserved words" and you'll see that it's not mentioned over there. And my example makes clear that Fabio's code works out the same with any other variable name too.

Right, and you've never come across any omissions in the VFP documentation? < s >

cheers


>
>>Isn't "m" a reserved word?
>>
>>cheers
>>
>>>>>Can anyone give me some examples where using a reserved word for a field name or variable causes problems?
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>m=5
>>>>CREATE CURSOR m (m i)
>>>>? m,m.m
>>>>SELECT 0
>>>>? m,m.m
>>>>USE
>>>>

>>>
>>>Fabio, aren't you missing the point? Victor is referring to reserved words, not to 'variables'.
>>>
>>>

sdsm=5
>>>CREATE CURSOR m (sdsm i)
>>>? sdsm,m.sdsm
>>>SELECT 0
>>>? sdsm,m.sdsm
>>>USE