Grady,

Provided that you initialize both the array and the record count, I do not see any problem, but... I would not use it at all, SCAN would be much better

TheEndOfTheFile = reccount()
dimension nFoo(TheEndOfTheFile)

For RecordCount = 1 To TheEndOfTheFile
Goto RecordCount
NumericValue = Datafile.n1
nFOO(RecordCount) = NumericValue &&  <<<<
Next RecordCount

* but this would be better
dimension nFoo(reccount())
lcOrder = tag()
set order to
scan
nFOO(RecordCount) = Datafile.n1
endscan
set order &lcTag

>About thirty years ago I was doing something such as this with DOS Basic.
>Can it be done in VFP or is a vfp array recommended?
>Or am I just old and I forgot?
>
>

>For RecordCount = 1 To TheEndOfTheFile
>Goto RecordCount
>NumericValue = Datafile.n1
>nFOO(RecordCount) = NumericValue &&  <<<<
>Next RecordCount
>