>>Hi all,
>>
>>Is this a normal behavior of ALINES() in VFP7?
>>

>>dimension aX[1,2] && two-dime array!
>>cX = ''
>>cX = cX + 'hello:world'
>>cX = cX + 'how:are'
>>cX = cX + 'you?:'
>>alines(aX,cX,.t.,':')
>>* i was expecting something like this
>>* aX[1,1] = 'hello'
>>* aX[1,2] = 'world'
>>* aX[2,1] = 'how'
>>* aX[2,2] = 'are'
>>* aX[3,1] = 'you?'
>>* aX[3,2] = .f.
>>* instead, i get this, a single-dime array!!!
>>* aX[1] = 'hello'
>>* aX[2] = 'world'
>>* aX[3] = 'how'
>>* aX[4] = 'are'
>>...
>>

>
>AFAIK it's. Redimension after alines. ie:
>

>cX = ''
>cX = cX + 'hello:world:'
>cX = cX + 'how:are:'
>cX = cX + 'you?:'
>alines(aX,cX,.t.,':')
>dimension aX[Ceiling(Alen(AX)/2),2] && two-dime array!
>disp memo like aX
>

Cetin

Thanks Cetin. This is a great workaround!