Re: Tilds

From: Cindy Winegarden (cindy.winegarden_at_mvps.org)
Date: 09/01/04

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    Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:39:52 -0400

    Hi Matt,

    The tilde characters don't do anything in VFP so they're just placeholders.
    However, the program/report might look for those characters and do something
    special if they are present. Or, the developer might have wanted those
    records to sort to the bottom rather than the top as when spaces are
    present. 

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Cindy Winegarden  MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
cindy.winegarden@mvps.org  www.cindywinegarden.com
"mattcatmattcat" <mbd_20002000@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:C5969D30-0004-4792-913C-714C85AA274F@microsoft.com...
> We have an index in a table that reads:
> IIF(EMPTY(CUSTNO), "~~~~~~", CUSTNO) + COMPANY
> What do the tild like characters do?
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