>Hello all
>
>How to create this in vfp
>
>

>  R = new AssocArray()	&& The subscripts are character strings representing
>  R[ '68']='SERVICE'    && allowable record lengths for incoming text files.
>  R['124']='PAYMENT'
>  R['203']='DENIED'	&& 203 or 204 acceptable
>  R['204']='DENIED'	&& rec lens for Denied file
>  R['246']='ASSESS'
>  R['281']='REGISTRY'
>  R['289']='CHANGE'
>

>

The behavior you describe is that of as collection rather than an array; unless you want to use a COm component like WSH, your best bet would be to implement this as a two-dimensional array, and use VFP's native array handling to search/extend the array.