Agnes

Thanks for the reply, I thought that I'd ask just in case you could do it in one command, I have had to use FOR...ENDFOR to achieve my results.

Thanks
Kev


>>Hi
>>
>>2 questions really, based on the same problem.
>>
>>If I have array1(10) and array2(10, 2), is it possible to copy the contents of array1 into array2, but only into the 1st dimension, ie. 10, 1 but not 10, 2?
>>
>>Also, can you ASCAN say, array2 and only return the 1st dimension row, rather than the element?
>>
>>Thanks in advance
>>Kev
>
>Hi Kevin,
>A foxpro array is allways one dimensional, it only appears as two dimensional. All operations like ACOPY, DIMENSION (try to change columns with DIMENSION) are bound first to the one dimensional array.
>
>Question 1:
>not with ACOPY but it's an easy:
>

>FOR lnLoop=1 TO ALEN(Array2,1)
> Array2(lnLoop,1) = Array1(lnLoop)
>ENDFOR &&lnLoop
>

>
>Question2:
>ASCAN gives you element number until you switch to version 7
>if you use an earlier version
>

>lnStart = 1
>*first time in Array
>lnElement = ASCAN(latest,lvValue_ToAsk,lnStart)
>*check for column:
>DO WHILE !EMPTY(lnElement) AND ASUBSCRIPT(latest,lnElement,2)#lnSearchedCol
> lnStart = lnElement+1
> lnElement = ASCAN(latest,lvValue_ToAsk,lnStart)
>ENDDO
>*first time right column
>IF !EMPTY(lnElement) THEN
> lnRow = ASUBSCRIPT(latest,lnElement,1)
>ELSE &&!EMPTY(lnElement)
>* not found
> lnRow = 0
>ENDIF &&!EMPTY(lnElement)
>

>
>ASCAN is a good reason to switch to VFP 7.0 ... ::)
>
>HTH
>Agnes