>I VFP 9 one can employ TYPE(cExpression , 1) and it will return "A" if it is an array or collection.
>
>How can I detect an array in VFP 7?
>I tried setting a private to some value with an ON ERROR routine and then subject the variable to the ALEN() function. However, the ON ERROR routine does not fire, rather processing goes directly to the error event instead.
>
>I also tried
>

>IF TYPE("toObject."+lcProp+"[1,1]") = [U]
>  ....
>

>But it still returns "C" for character variables that are not arrays.
>
>
>Any ideas?

I can't test this, but in VFP8 (that is the oldest version I have), I got this:

LOCAL laTest[1]
LOCAL lcTest

? TYPE("latest[1]") && L
? TYPE("lctest[1]") && U