Subject Re: REFERRING TO A VARIABEL TO REP A VALUE From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Sun, 12 Nov 2023 10:40:24 -0800 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 11/12/2023 9:17 AM, ED FURCHE wrote: > I HAVE USED THIS BEFORE BUT DONT REMEMBER HOW. > > I WANT TO REFER TO A VARIABLE IN A COMMAND > > EXAMPLE  CTR=1 > USE C:\BACKUP\CTR\CHECK.DBF TO ADDRESS USE C:\BACKUP\1\CHECK > You would do this in a couple ways, the easiest is to build the command as a string, and insert the variable into it: cCmd = [USE C:\BACKUP\]+CTR+[CTR\CHECK.DBF TO ADDRESS USE C:\BACKUP\1\CHECK] Note that by using the square brackets as delimiters you don't have any confusion with quotes ... To execute the command (use macro expansion): &cCmd. Another way is: USE C:\BACKUP\&CTR.\CHECK.DBF TO ADDRESS USE C:\BACKUP\1\CHECK But that gets a bit hard to read, and it's easy to make mistakes. Also if the value of your variable includes spaces, it can be a problem, you'd have to deal delimiters ... 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 dBASE DOS to Windows Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/DtoWTutorial/00_Menu.htm