TOT(0 seems broke

[Bruce Easton]

> Kenneth Brody wrote Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:40 AM:
> > > Also, here's something you can do with TOT() that will delight and
> > > confuse everyone here.   :-)
> > >
> > >       If:  foobar eq "Y"
> > >     Then:  xx = tot(foo)
> > >       If:  foobar ne "Y"
> > >     Then:  xx = tot(bar)
> > >
> > > What would you expect "xx" to hold?  I'll tell you right away that
> > > it is _not_ the same as
> > >
> > >       If:  foobar eq "Y"
> > >     Then:  xx = xx + foo
> > >       If:  foobar ne "Y"
> > >     Then:  xx = xx + bar
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Is xx a global dummy?
> >
> > It doesn't matter.  (After all, xx is explicitly being set a value
> > in the code, so its previous contents are irrelevent.)
> >
> > However, for the sake of argument, say it is. Say that foo and bar
> > are both (6,.0) and xx is (8,.0,g).
> >
> 
> I would expect xx in the first example to hold only the total of 
> foo at that
> point, if the last occurrence of foobar was "Y", otherwise it 
> would only be
> the total of bar at that point.
> 
> In the second, I would expect xx to be the total of all of 
> occurrences that
> foo and bar held at that point.
> 
> Bruce
> 

I see that Chad McWilliams earlier post I think says the same - 
but is it correct? . . :)

Bruce