# Handling dynamic variables **URL:** \ **Category:** Forum\ **Tags:** Adabas-Natural, Natural, Natural-on-Mainframes\ **Created:** [October 10, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/handling-dynamic-variables/205755 "2019-10-10T12:57:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Prashant\_M\_Nair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/50afbb/32.png) [@Prashant\_M\_Nair](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Prashant_M_Nair)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/handling-dynamic-variables/205755/1 "2019-10-10T12:57:06Z")
Hi, Can anyone help me with a sample where I can move values from a Dynamic variable to a defined array correctly? ---
**Author:** ![Ralph\_Zbrog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/ralph_zbrog/32/78_2.png) [@Ralph\_Zbrog](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Ralph_Zbrog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/handling-dynamic-variables/205755/2 "2019-10-10T17:22:05Z")
It is not clear to me exactly what you wish to do, but try this for a start. ```auto DEFINE DATA LOCAL 1 #DYN (A) DYNAMIC INIT <'ONEtwoTHREE'> 1 #ARR (A10/5) END-DEFINE MOVE SUBSTR (#DYN, 1, 3) TO #ARR (1) MOVE SUBSTR (#DYN, 4, 3) TO #ARR (2) MOVE SUBSTR (#DYN, 7, 5) TO #ARR (3) PRINT '=' #DYN DISPLAY (ES=T) #ARR (*) END ``` ```auto Page 1 10/10/19 08:18:28 #ARR ---------- #DYN: ONEtwoTHREE ONE two THREE ``` ---
**Author:** ![Jerome\_LeBlanc](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/jerome_leblanc/32/111_2.png) [@Jerome\_LeBlanc](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/Jerome_LeBlanc)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 11:58pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/handling-dynamic-variables/205755/3 "2019-10-10T23:58:16Z")
Or if your dynamic variable is delimited, the SEPARATE statement would work. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/original/3X/c/d/cd19967bb605d28a72d77eb83a1cae22f3df2eb8.svg) [@system](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/handling-dynamic-variables/205755/4 "2021-04-02T15:43:38Z")