>You also can do this way:
>
>getArrayElement.prg
>LPARAMETERS lnElement,taArray
>DIMENSION taArray[ALEN(taArray)] && prevents compiler error.
>RETURN taArray[m.lnElement]
>
>and I'd call it like this
>
>?GetArrayElement(5,@laWarnLbl)

That's a very dangerous idea. You are touching/affecting the original array possibly turning a multi-column array into a single column array. EXTERNAL command is exactly what it is for.