using if to check for multiple values

[bobh]

Hi All,
In access97 is there a way to check for multiple values in an if
statement like this

If Me!bxDistriCde <> "m" Or 1 Or 2 Or 3 Or 4 Or 5 Or 6 Or 7 Or 8 Then
or something like this
If Me!bxDistriCde <> ("m", 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Then

or do I have to do it like this

If Me!bxDistriCde <> "m" Or me!bxDistriCde <> 1 Or me!bxDistriCde <> 2
etc...........
thanks
bobh.

[salad]

bobh wrote:

Hi All,
In access97 is there a way to check for multiple values in an if
statement like this

If Me!bxDistriCde <> "m" Or 1 Or 2 Or 3 Or 4 Or 5 Or 6 Or 7 Or 8 Then
or something like this
If Me!bxDistriCde <> ("m", 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Then

or do I have to do it like this

If Me!bxDistriCde <> "m" Or me!bxDistriCde <> 1 Or me!bxDistriCde <> 2
etc...........
thanks
bobh.

If Instr("M12345678",Me!bxDistriCde) Then

[MtnWindow]

Hello, I don't think you can do it in an IF statement, but you can in a
SELECT CASE statement.

By the way, if you combine <> conditions, you probably want AND not OR:
If Me!bxDistriCde <> "m" AND me!bxDistriCde <> 1 AND me!bxDistriCde <>
2

[Lyle Fairfield]

You could play with this to make it do what you want, maybe.

Option Compare Binary

Sub AirCode(ByVal v As Variant)
Select Case v
Case 10 To 20
MsgBox "Between Ten and Twenty"
Case "a" To "z"
MsgBox "Lower Case"
Case DateSerial(1937, 12, 18) To DateSerial(1947, 12, 18)
MsgBox "Hmmmmm!"
Case Else
MsgBox "I dunno!"
End Select
End Sub

Sub test()
AirCode DateAdd("yyyy", -65, Date)
End Sub

[bobh]

Thanks All for your ideas on this and both these vba sets of code work

If InStr("M12345678", Me!bxDistriCde) Then
do whatever...........
End If

Select Case Me!bxDistriCde
Case "1", "2", "3", "4", "6", "7", "8", "m"
do whatever.................
End Select

thanks again
bobh.