>

>rn1 = 10
>rn2 = 20
>rn=min(rn1,rn2)
>? rn
>

>rn gives the lowest value 10
>how would I get rn to show 'rn1' instead - ie the name of the variable.
>
>thanks
>
>k

>

>rn1 = 10
>rn2 = 20
>rn=min(rn1,rn2)
>? rn
>

>rn gives the lowest value 10
>how would I get rn to show 'rn1' instead - ie the name of the variable.
>
>thanks
>
>k

That begs the question what are you doing that for? To go through a list of items of any length and grab the minimum and then have a pointer to the item is a piece of cake.

If you have an array with values

DIMENSION laList[2]
laList[1]=10
laList[2]=20
lnMin=laList[1]
lnPointer=1
FOR X=2 TO ALEN(laList,1)
  if laList[m.x] < lnMin
    lnMin = laList[m.x]
    lnPointer = m.x
  endif
ENDFOR

?"the row with the minimum value is ",m.lnPointer

With a cursor

calculate mix(field) to m.lnMin
locate for field=m.lnMin
lnPointer=recno()