>>>You need to trick the compiler. Sometimes it's enough to use these brackets: []
>>>
>>>but You will probably need the following section in the PRG that uses the array without defining it
>>>
>>>

>>>if .T. and .F.
>>>    define Results[39,2]
>>>endif
>>>

>>
>>Interesting workaround - but in this case, EXTERNAL ARRAY does seem simpler. And, I think it doesn't create an executable statement. (The IF will actually be evaluated, wasting a tiny fraction of a second.)
>
>Does the EXTERNAL ARRAY command not waste a tiny fraction of a second?

Sure, space and time.
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