reusing arrays in 4.0.5

[Richard D. Williams]

The answer is no, you can not reuse an array after you have set it.

But, you can create a different array and read those values back to the 
first array.

lookup item k=ku i=A -nx
not item
end

dim bom(8):item(3)

lookup new = item k=ky i=A -nx
not new
end

dim newbom(8):new(3)

Now, you can read values to and from the new item record into the first 
item record.

Richard
On 4/27/2022 8:03 AM, Cesar Baquerizo via Filepro-list wrote:
> Good morning,
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> I wonder if this can be done. Any help appreciated.
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> I create an array as such: dim bom(8):item(3), where item is the lookup
> alias. Later on I want to repopulate the same array based on another lookup
> to the same file using bom(8):newname(8), where newname is the original
> lookup file (or alias I guess). This generates an error that bom is already
> in use. Same thing happens if I use "item(3)".
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> set bom,newname(3) does not generate an error, but it seems to populate the
> lookup file with current values in bom (in this case empty), instead of
> filling the array bom with the values from newname. Is there anyway to reuse
> bom and repopulate bom with new values?
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> Thanks
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> Regards
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