In a message dated 97-05-06 14:32:27 EDT, [log in to unmask] (Alexandre Crozat) writes: << Is it possible to initialize a multi-dimensionnal array during its definition? For single-dimensional arrays, the answer is yes: Init : array (0 .. 3) of Integer := (0 => 1, others => 0) but what about a 2d array which I would like to fill with zeros? >> Yes Alexandre, it's quite simple: Init : array (0..3, 0..3) of integer := (others => (others => 0)); or the long, long way: Init : array (0..3, 0..3) of integer := ( 0 => (0 => 0, 1 => 0, 2 => 0, 3 => 0), 1 => (0 => 0, 1 => 0, 2 => 0, 3 => 0), 2 => (0 => 0, 1 => 0, 2 => 0, 3 => 0), 3 => (0 => 0, 1 => 0, 2 => 0, 3 => 0) ); or even: Init : array (0..3, 0..3) of integer := ((0,0,0,0),(0,0,0,0),(0,0,0,0),(0,0,0,0)); (I appologize if this isn't a good coding style, It gets the point across though) OBTW, I would avoid anonymous types for the array indicies, it can lead to problems! Have Fun! Todd Coniam t c o n i a m at a o l dot c o m