thank you,it works

>At the end, you just need to change the expression for the array element.
>
>

>...
>for i = 1 to 47
>  append from (la_tables(i))
>next
>

>
>Otherwise, it looks as if it should work.
>
>>hi all,
>>
>>i need help to append all tables as below to one table,
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>

>>DIMENSION la_tables(17)
>>la_tables[1] = "t1"
>>la_tables[2] = "t2"
>>la_tables[3] = "t3"
>>la_tables[4] = "t4"
>>la_tables[5] = "t5"
>>la_tables[6] = "t6"
>>
>>la_tables[7] = "t7"
>>la_tables[8] = "t8"
>>la_tables[9] = "t9"
>>la_tables[10] = "t10"
>>la_tables[11] = "t13"
>>la_tables[12] = "t16"
>>
>>la_tables[13] = "t19"
>>la_tables[14] = "t40"
>>la_tables[15] = "t41"
>>la_tables[16] = "t42"
>>la_tables[17] = "t43"
>>******************************************
>>
>>copy structure to combined2008
>>use combined2008
>>
>>for i=1 to ....
>> 
>>APPEND FROM (lc_txtfile)
>> 
>>next
>>