DIM problem

[Ken Cole]

JP,

You dim QSold but the error message references Qgroup not QSold, or am
I missing something?

Ken

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Jean-Pierre A. Radley <appl at jpr.com> wrote:
> FilePro 5.6.10D4.
>
> Here is part of a map:
>
>        31 - Q0) 1999 quantity sold:  7:.0:
>        32 - Q0) 2000 quantity sold:  7:.0:
>                ....
>        44 - Q0) 2012 quantity sold:  7:.0:
>        45 - Q0) 2013 quantity sold:  7:.0:
>
> Here's the start of a processing table:
>
>          If: 'Associated Fields Q0 are for QuantitySold 1999 to 2013
>        Then: dim QSold(15):Q0
>
> When running the processing, the first record encountered wants to use
> this array with a value of "12".  But this error occurs:
>
>        *** A filePro Error Has Occurred ***
>        Array Index Out of Range: dim Qgroup(-16512) -- Index: 12
>        Output Processing
>        Line Number: 7
>
>        Qgroup(i) = Qgroup(i) + mon(A5))
>
>        Process contains a syntax error at position indicated.
>
> (I see no position indicated...)
>
> I have no problem if I change that snippet of the processing table to:
>
>          If: 'fields 31 to 45 are for QuantitySold 1999 to 2013
>        Then: dim QSold(15):31
>
> Why does mapping the array to the associated field name fail?
>
> BTW: t'would be a major help if fP error messages ALSO showed the
> file name and table name.
>
> --
> JP
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