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Dear Enrico,

You can not assign a value to a value, so it seems as the error is correct. It is like doing:

nil = nil

Anyhow, if the returned value is an object with a redefined "=" or ":=" operator, then it should accept it

ATAIL()
Return the highest numbered element of an array
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Syntax

ATAIL(<aArray>) --> Element

Arguments

<aArray> is the array.

Returns

ATAIL() returns either a value or a reference to an array or object.
The array is not changed.

Description

ATAIL() is an array function that returns the highest numbered element
of an array. It can be used in applications as shorthand for
<aArray>[LEN(<aArray>)] when you need to obtain the last element of an
array.

Examples

þ The following example creates a literal array and returns that
last element of the array:

aArray := {"a", "b", "c", "d"}
? ATAIL(aArray) // Result: d

Files: Library is CLIPPER.LIB.

ATAIL( aArray ) = xValue

aArray[LEN(aArray)] = xValue

Dear Enrico,

Harbour and xHarbour source code for ATail() are the same, so we need to keep searching where the difference comes from.
I would say that the compiler parser does not allows it, so we need to modify Harbour syntax rules.

You should report this Harbour bug on Google groups Harbour developers and the group will decide

thank you

Sorry, I'm not following Harbour development. I don't even know if this bug has been corrected in the latest version.

EMG

Thank you.

EMG

Dear Enrico,

There are already four answers in the conversation, please review them

Unfortunately, I can't test it with Clipper. Can you?

EMG

Tried with Clipper: same error. Ok, I'm going to change my source code...

EMG