array

  1. 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.

  1. 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.