How can I tell if a variable already exists? I am writing a routine to read an INI file and create variables for each item within. I need to have it create an array (if applicable) and originally intended to give the "variable" the same name in the INI with a new value. What I want to do is test to see if the variable (or array) already exists and if it does, redimension it increasing it's size by 1

The problem I ran into is on the "first" instance of the variable. I get a #12 error, variable not found, with every function I can think to use to test and process this change.

To clarify (it's late!!!)....

My INI would look like this:

** Program Variables **
mydatapath=c:\test

** Array values
myarr=element1
myarr=element2
myarr=element3


What I would like to do is when the first myarr value is read, the Arr at the end of the variable name tells me it's an array. I need to redimension the array increasing by 1 for each time the same variable name is read. The problem is, if I use a routine like this....

dimension myarr[alen(myarr)+1]

this will work for everything EXCEPT the first instance of the array. I get the variable doesn't exist when I try it...

HELP!!!!