>>>>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.
>Message #1047077

The correct implementation should to be:

#EXTERNAL ARRAY