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References to arrays are new to Clarion .NET. Declaration of a variable of this type has the following syntax:

| **label** | **<;**//base type//**>[, ',]** |

**Example:**

**ArrLg      LONG[]   !reference to LONG array with 1 dimension.**

**ArrLg3     LONG[,,] !reference to LONG array with 3 dimensions.**

The declaration below means " a reference to an array of references to a LONG with 1 dimension."

**ArrRefLg &amp;LONG[]**

As you can see, unlike usual reference types, the "**&amp;**" symbol isn't used in this declaration.

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Clarion# now uses **zero based indexes for all arrays and collections**. But **FILEs and QUEUEs will still use 1-based indexes**. The rationale behind this change is that this makes it easier to work with the core Framework objects, 3rd-party .Net libraries, shared libraries you may write, as well as make it easier to translate code samples from C# or VB.