>I need to search an array for duplicates. I have been using ASCAN thusly to find a string,
>
>ascan(laDBFInfo,'bob',1,lnFieldNumber,1,1)
>
>Now, my ascan finds 'bob', but I want to know if 'bob' occurs more than once in the array. A count of the occurances of 'bob' would solve my issue. Any ideas?
>TIA

I think FOR loop would be appropriate in this case

lnOccurs = 0
FOR i=1 TO ALEN(laDBFInfo)
  IF laDBFInfo[i,1] = "bob"
    lnOccurs = lnOccurs + 1
  ENDIF
ENDFOR