Data type Array Foundation

A value of the data type "array" is a group of values which can have the same or different data types. Using an array, several values can be assigned to a single variable. A single value of an array is identified as an array element. Literal arrays are written within a program as a comma separated list of values enclosed in curly braces {}. The following code shows examples for literal arrays:

{ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 }                      // same data type 
{ 10, "Characters", CtoD("06.12.94") } // different data types 
{ {"A", "B"}, { 1, 2 }, NIL, .T. }     // arrays within the array 

An array element can contain another array. This allows multidimensional arrays to be used in Xbase++. Neither the number of elements in an array nor the number of array dimensions are limited. An empty array with no elements is identified using two curly braces {} without any specified values.

Values of the array data type cannot be stored in DBF files. However, they can be saved in XPF files provided for handling memory variables.