String Arrays problems "nonsense in Basic" - fixed

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String Arrays problems "nonsense in Basic" - fixed - RandomiserUsr - 02-27-2021

Hi, I am looking at how to store a string of descriptions into an array.
Sounds straight forward enough, so should be something like

Code:
DIM A$(100,200)

LET A$(1,1)= "This description 1 : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

LET A$(2,1)= "This description 2 : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

LET A$(3,1)= "This description 3 : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

LET A$(4,1)= "This description 4 : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog."

[size=small][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif]PRINT A$(1,1)[/font][/size]

So it should print.

This description 1 : The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

It is being compiled with

Code:
zxbc aTest.bas --tzx --BASIC --autorun  --debug-array

But all I get when I run it in the ZX Spectrum emulator is

C Nonsense in BASIC, 30:1

Any ideas why?
I think this is down to memory?

thanks
Ken

UPDATE:
It seems that all I needed to do is declare A$(100,200) as A$(100) and access it via print A$(1) and that is it - nice to fix things along the new road :-)