Hi Amanda. I know that Nick already recommended stuffing the array into a table and then SELECTing from it. But actually, you can skip a step if you use COPY STRUCTURE EXTENDED. This creates a table with field info, including a field called FIELD_NAME, which you can select against.
Might be easier than afields(), create table, and copy from array.
However, COPY STRU EXTENDED creates a table, with a disk presence. So, I'd be hesitant to favor this approach in a production environment, because you will need to name it uniquely, clean it up, and so on. But, perhaps it will still help....
>I need to search an array for duplicates. I have been using ASCAN thusly to find a string,
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>ascan(laDBFInfo,'bob',1,lnFieldNumber,1,1)
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>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
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