Than you will have to define as many parameters as there can be but no more than 27 (VFP limit).
>I am avoiding this, since I have to create a long array before I can use it.
>In a way what i am looking to do is to make it easier to make an array <g>.
>
>>You can pass an array as parameter (by reference)
DIMENSION mar[3]
>>mar[1] = 1
>>mar[2] = 2
>>mar[3] = 3
>>
>>avg=calcAverage(@mar)
>>
>>function calcAverage(taMar)
>>EXTERNAL ARRAY taMar
>>local n,v,i
>>n=ALEN(taMar)
>>v = 0
>>for i=1 to n
>> v=v + tamar(i)
>>next
>>return v/n
>>
>>
>>>Can anyone suggest a way to pass a variable number of parameters to a method or function where the maximum number is not known in advance?
>>>
>>>E.g. Foxpro pseudocode below:
>>>
>>>function calcAverage()
>>>local n,v,i
>>>n=pcount()
>>>for i=1 to n
>>> v=v+parameter(i)
>>>next
>>>return v/n
>>>
>>>avg=calcAverage(1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
>>>
>>>I know that you can declare a maximum number of parameters. But what if I dont know in advance? Should I declare 10 parameters and do the following
>>>
>>>function calcAverage(p1,p2,p3,p4,p5,p6,p7,p8,p9,p10)
>>>local n,v,i,sp
>>>n=pcount()
>>>v=0
>>>for i=1 to n
>>> sp='p'+ltrim(str(i,2))
>>> v=v+&sp
>>>next
>>>return v/n
>>>
>>>
>>>Costas
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