Evaluates a character expression and returns the result.
Syntax
EVALUATE(cExpression)
Returns
Character, Numeric, Currency, Date, DateTime, Logical, or Memo
Arguments
cExpression
Specifies the expression to evaluate. cExpression can be a literal character string, or a valid Visual FoxPro expression, variable, array element, or field of any data type, enclosed in quotation marks. cExpression cannot exceed 255 characters.
Whenever possible, use EVALUATE( ) or a name expression to replace macro substitution using &. EVALUATE and name expressions execute faster than macro substitution.
Remarks
EVALUATE( ) is similar to TYPE( ) but returns the result of an expression instead of the expression type. An expression containing EVALUATE( ) cannot be optimized by Rushmore.