fieldnum() problem

[Kenneth Brody]

On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 12:15 AM Richard Kreiss via Filepro-list
<filepro-list at lists.celestial.com> wrote:
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> then: lookup back = (backfile) r-=rn -np
[...]
> then: back(bd)=@td - Post the current date to backup record - syntax error pointing at back(bd)
>
> if:
> Then: back(bw)=getenv("username") - Syntax error points at (bw)
>
> Note that the syntax points to the closing ) of back().
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You cannot use a variable as a subscript to a lookup.  Alias an array
to that lookup, and then use the array instead:

    dim backfile[999]:back[1]
...
    backfile[bw] = getenv("username")