Thanks Steve. This works:

m.nameselected = ASCAN(accuname,namesort(m.nameselected,1),1,-1,-1,8)


>VFP8? Last parameter is flag, to return row.
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>m.nameselected = ASCAN(accuname,"Maynard Abernathy",1,-1,-1,8)
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>>I seem to be having difficulties with ASCAN() today. I have two arrays:
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>>*--Original array
>>accuname(1,1) Michael Jones
>>accuname(1,2) 7079382
>>accuname(2,1) Maynard Abernathy
>>accuname(2,2) 3838329
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>>*--Sorted array
>>namesort(1,1) Maynard Abernathy
>>namesort(1,2) 3838329
>>namesort(2,1) Michael Jones
>>namesort(2,2) 7079382
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>>The user selects an item in the namesort array from a listbox. For instance, if the user chose 'Maynard Abernathy' then m.nameselected would equal 1. If the user chose 'Michael Jones' then m.nameselected would equal 2, etc. Let's say he chose listindex #1 (Maynard). I then issue:
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>>m.nameselected = ASCAN(accuname,namesort(m.nameselected,1))
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>>which is returning the element in the accuname array (3) and I need it to return the row in the accuname array (2).
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>>Any ideas?
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>>m.nameselected = 2