Hi Mark,
the most readable thing is

dimension laArray(3,1)
laArray(1,1 = ...
...

MyFunc(@laArray)

the next (but only for strings)

dimension laArray(3,1)
ALINES(laArray,'String1,String2,String3',.f.,',')
MyFunc(@laArray)

Don't miss EXTERNAL ARRAY in your Procedure!

HTH
Agnes
>I want to pass a series of parameters to a function but have them arrive in the function as an array.
>
>So far there are 2 ways I can think of doing this but I am hoping there is a more obvious way that I am missing.
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>eg
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>

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>? myfunc('apple','orange','pear')
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>
>func myfunc
>lparam myarray  && somehow this needs to get populated from the param list
>? myarray(1)
>? myarray(2)
>? myarray(3)
>return
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>

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>Here are the ways I am considering using
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>1. Create the array first and send it by reference :( not pretty
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>2. send a single string myfunc('apple,orange,pear') and then parse the string into an array.
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>this is a great little function for parsing a comma deliminated string into an array
>* nRows = ALINES(myarray, STRTRAN(cTest,",",CHR(13)))
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>
>Can someone put my mind at rest, whats the obvious thing I am missing?