Subject Re: Useful functions/commands From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Fri, 28 May 2021 13:24:20 -0700 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 5/28/2021 11:26 AM, Ketan G wrote: > Hi, > > A couple of questions. > Am coming to dBase 12 from Foxpro where a few functions/commands are very useful. I found justify() in the dUFLP (great) so this post is about the following (examples): > > 1) x = 2 ; ?between(x,1,2) will return .t. > > 2) x = 'a' ; ?inlist(x,'b','c','d') will return .f. > > 3) equivalent of "save screen/restore screen" command in foxpro > > On first look, could not find these in the dUFLP and still use xbase a lot, hence this post. > > Any help would be welcome. I don't think that there are similar functions available for dBASE for items 1 and 2. However, they should be something that could be written by someone ... The last one, dBASE doesn't do "screens" per se. There is no ability to save or restore a screen in dBASE. Everything is done through forms for user interface ... Ken -- *Ken Mayer* Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm