Hi Asuku,

I think your code is already saving the output correctly (you have it commented out right now), so you're asking about how to use Array Variables.  The ZPL doesn't have a good way populate an array in a single line like you’re showing.  Rather, you need to declare the array variable/length/dimensions and then populate each index in the array one at a time:

DECLARE fy, DOUBLE, 1, 4

fy(1) = 1

fy(2) = 2

fy(3) = 3

fy(4) = 4

For an array with only a handful of elements (limited by the length of a string, which is ~360 characters, so I would say less than 25 elements), you can use a space separated string and use $GETSTRING() to access each element.  From a simplified standpoint, you will need to know the number of elements in the string  The following code shows a simplified example looping over the values 1, 4, 7, 10:

array$ = “1 4 7 10”

FOR j = 1, 4, 1

val$ = $GETSTRING(array$, i)

val = SVAL(val$)   # the 'val’ variable will now hold the index ‘i’ of the ‘array$’ variable

NEXT

Thanks Michael and Jeff. I would like to iterate over a string array variables.

I tried the following but it gives error:

A$ = “one,two,three”

$GETSTRINGC(A$, 2)

B$ = "one two three"

$GETSTRING(B$, 2)

Syntax error: Variable must be followed by = sign.
$GETSTRINGC ( A$ , 2 )

This is an example direct from the Zemax help docs.

Also, with Michael’s example: I get the following error

Syntax
0.0000
error:
0.0000
1
0.0000
unrecognized
0.0000