RFC 439 (cmp/ops reform) has resulted in an ambiguity that must be resolved. Previously, an expression with the form [x, ..N] would unambiguously refer to an array containing N identical elements, ...

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is a list of the names of the variables in the group. All variables that are defined in a given array must be of the same type-either all character or all numeric. For complete information about the ...