PARAMETER statements: PARAMETER statements can appear in a structure declaration, but cannot be given a data type within the declaration block. Consider the following: STRUCTURE /ABC/ INTEGER*4 P PARAMETER (P=4) REAL*4 F END STRUCTURE REAL*4 A(P) In this example, the INTEGER*4 statement does not provide the data type for PARAMETER constant P, but instead declares a record field P in structure ABC. The subsequent PARAMETER statement declares a new, different symbol which is given the implicit data type for identifiers beginning with the letter P. Type declarations for PARAMETER symbolic names must precede the PARAMETER statement and be outside of a STRUCTURE declaration, as follows: INTEGER*4 P STRUCTURE /ABC/ PARAMETER (P=4) REAL*4 F END STRUCTURE REAL*4 A(P) For more information on PARAMETER statements, see STATEMENTS PARAMETER in this Help file.