Yes, this is normal behavior. Try this:

DIMENSION aTest[4, 2]
aTest[1, 1] = "R1, C1"
aTest[1, 2] = "R1, C2" 
aTest[2, 1] = "R2, C1"
aTest[2, 2] = "R2, C2"
aTest[3, 1] = "R3, C1"
aTest[3, 2] = "R3, C2"
aTest[4, 1] = "R4, C1"
aTest[4, 1] = "R4, C2"
? aTest[5]

>Hi all,
>
>Is this normal behavior for arrays in VFP8? Is there a setting I missed here?
>
>

>dimension aTest[4]
>aTest[1]="Arrays"
>aTest[2]="are not"
>aTest[3]="so good"
>aTest[4]="anymore"
>
>?aTest[4,2]         && "are not", isn't this an error???
>?type('aTest[1,3]') && "C", shouldn't this be "U"
>