It's just the way it works. The 'read-only' access applies to the collection/array The FOR EACH loop iterates through.

>When I read the help on FOR-EACH I didn't find anything only providing 'read-only' access. Is it buried somewhere or did I simply miss it?
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>And, once again, thanks for your help.
>
>.....Rich
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>
>>The FOR EACH loop provides 'read-only' access.
>>In case of arrays, it's the same as
>>

>>*FOR EACH scode IN thisform.aStatuscodes
>>FOR i=1 TO ALEN(thisform.aStatuscodes)
>>	scode = thisform.aStatuscodes[i]
>>...
>>

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