Dim foobar(14):lone(20)

[Richard Kreiss]

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> > From: "GCC Consulting" <rkreiss at gccconsulting.net>
> 
> > Dim foobar(14):lone(20);dim harry(14):ltwo(20)
> >
> > I have a program which does a lookup to file lone and posts some data.
> > I then do a write lone.
> >
> > The program then does a lookup free to ltwo, posts some data and the
> > is supposed to pass the data from foobar to harry. Those mapped fields
> > in ltwo are blank.
> >
> > It appears that my write lone causes foobar to be blank. Am I correct
> > in that once the file is closed, the array no longer holds this
> > information?
> 
> I would say yes: when you map an array to something else, that array isn't
> "real"; the names are just pointers to where the variables "really" live:
> if that's a record in a file, and you close the file, I'm amazed you don't
get a
> syntax error trying to reference them.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- jra
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Jay,

No syntax or any other error message when the program runs.

Moved the write lone to the line with write ltwo.  This should solve the
problem.

Richard

Richard