Arrays in INDEPENDENT variables

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Hello, how can I use arrays in INDEPENDENT variables.

01 +W-CAMPOARR (A40/1:4)
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WRITE &W-CAMPOARR(1)

Index entry incorrectly specified for field.

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The ampersand (&) is used only to designate dynamic text. Normally you would code

DEFINE DATA INDEPENDENT
1 +W-CAMPOARR (A40/1:4)
END-DEFINE
WRITE '=' +W-CAMPOARR (1)
END
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thanks.
but I need to use the value & and not the +

NAT0280 Index entry incorrectly specified for field.
WRITE &W-CAMPOARR (1)

currently:
01 +W-CAMPO1 (A40)
01 +W-CAMPO2 (A40)
01 +W-CAMPO3 (A40)
01 +W-CAMPO4 (A40)

but i require:
01 +W-CAMPOARR (A40/1:4)

actually works with WRITE & W-CAMPOARR but I only get the first position of the array

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Ralph is (of course) correct. You do not want & in your case. &W-CAMPOARR is not a valid variable.

DEFINE DATA INDEPENDENT                      
1 +W-CAMPOARR (A4/1:4) INIT <'a','b','c','d'>
END-DEFINE                                   
WRITE '=' +W-CAMPOARR (*)                    
WRITE '=' +W-CAMPOARR (1)                    
WRITE '=' +W-CAMPOARR (2)                    
WRITE '=' +W-CAMPOARR (3)                    
WRITE '=' +W-CAMPOARR (4)                    
END

Output:

 +W-CAMPOARR: a    b    c    d  
 +W-CAMPOARR: a                  
 +W-CAMPOARR: b                 
 +W-CAMPOARR: c                  
 +W-CAMPOARR: d

However, independent variables are tricky. If you have already defined them in your session, you cannot change them until you restart your session or using the RELEASE VARIABLES statement.

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OP said

but I need to use the value & and not the +

If this is indeed true, then I would quote the Statements manual, Run statement, Dynamic Source:

A global variable with index must not be used within a program that is invoked via a RUN statement.

You are not allowed to change the +W-CAMPOx scalars to an array.

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