RE: TEST Date in free form

Joel;

On the surface your comparison ratios are correct. Under the covers though,
when the assignment opperation fails it throws an exception and the Monitor
catches the exception and performs the corrisponding On-Error code.
Exception processing is expensive, thus my rule of thumb is that if < 30% -
40% of the "checked" values are in error use Monitor, otherwise use a TEST
opcode. 
I haven't formally tested my percentages, but they seem reasonable. 

Duane Christen 





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