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Visual FoxPro
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Coding, syntax & commands
Miscellaneous
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00575264
Message ID:
00575278
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This message has been marked as the solution to the initial question of the thread.
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
--sb--
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