Date:         Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:29:01 -0800
Reply-To:     "Schwarz, Barry A" <barry.a.schwarz@BOEING.COM>
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From:         "Schwarz, Barry A" <barry.a.schwarz@BOEING.COM>
Subject:      Re: Array use?
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Arrays are not related to datasets but to variables.  It is perfectly acceptable to have multiple arrays dealing with different variables, such as

    ARRAY a_array(*) $ var_a1-var_a9;
    ARRAY b_array(*) var_b1-var_b23;

Different arrays can have different dimensions (9 vs 23 in the example) and types (character vs numeric).

Date9. is a format which has nothing to do with arrays.  It only affects how a numeric variable is converted to a character string in the PUT function or the PUT statement.  (Date and time variables are just normal numeric variables with special meanings attached to the values.)

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Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 11:57 AM
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Subject: Re: Array use?

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This is great and works, but
what if one of the fields that has to be in array is in different
format than the other, for example: ID1 is character but another field
is Date which is Date9. and another field Price which is numeric....
How do i put them all in one array?  or how can I do two seperate
arrays for one dataset?  Thank you