Just my 2 centavos here, but almost all "if or" statements can be modified
to be more efficient.
Have a conditional statement that checks the most likely condition first. If
true, then check the next most likely condition. The speed gains may not be
huge, but it's a good "mindset" to have. I may be wrong, but an "if then"
structure that eliminates likely possibilities sequentially is more
efficient than a case statement.
I could be wrong - and this list has many people capable of proving me
wrong.
Anyone?
> As suggested, a case statement is an option.
>
> Or, to do it the way you're doing, you have to do it a little
> different. Each and/or must have a full expression on each side, so it'd
> be more like this:
>
> if (gTheFullDate = "01/04/1999") or (gTheFullDate = "01/05/1999") or
> (gTheFullDate = "01/07/1999")) then
> -- whatever
> end if
>
> Also note that the full date format may differ depending on which country
> setting the user has. In Europe it might report as "07/01/1999" (day
> first) as opposed to the US (month first).
>
> - - Tab
>
> At 04:26 PM 3/8/01 -0500, Gene Fritzinger wrote:
>> Hi List,
>> Is there some way to construct an if..then statement that allows for
>> multiple correct if s?
>> My first instinct was to do something like the following:
>>
>> if gTheFullDate = "01/04/1999" or "01/05/1999" or "01/06/1999" or
>> "01/07/1999" or "01/08/1999" then
>> member("ReportPeriod_From").text = "01/03/1999" --change to date of
>> previous Sunday
>>
>> Forgive me, I'm fairly new to Lingo. What I'm trying to do is, round back
>> to the previous Sunday of any week entered by the user. I'm sure there
>> must be many betters ways to do this, and any suggestions would be much
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanx in advance!!
>> G Fritzinger
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