array
- A data structure having a fixed number of components. Each component is
called an element. All elements in an array have the same data type.
See also array element, screen array.
- In uppercase, ARRAY is the keyword for defining a program array in 4GL. The
ARRAY data type is a structured data type of up to three dimensions. It cannot
have another array as an element. An array element is accessed by listing the
array name followed by a subscript.
See also program array, structured data type, subscript.