Why not then just select field1 from myTable into array myArray ?

>Grady,
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>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
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>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
>

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