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From: "Alex R. Mosteo" <devnull@mailinator.com>
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Subject: Re: Passing arrays to procedures
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:09:44 +0100
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xadian wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I just wanted to pass an array to a procedure.
> A procedure head like this:
> 
> procedure procname (n : in Integer; v1 : in array;) is ...
> 
> it causes the following error:
> 
> anonymous array definition not allowed here.
> Same for array(Integer range 1..2) of Integer. The procedure is an extra 
> file so there are no arraynames of the main procedure available for the 
> parameter part.
> Anyone knows why this error occurs and how to fix it?!

You must declare an array type and use it in the function declaration:

type Blah is array (Integer range <>) of Something;

procedure Procname (N : in Integer; v1 : in Blah) is...

of course you can declare the array type where it best fit your design.