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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 &LONG[]
As you can see, unlike usual reference types, the “&” symbol isn't used in this declaration.
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.