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Ok I know i can echo out each indiviual custom field inside the members loop like so:

<?php if ( bp_has_members( bp_ajax_querystring( 'members' ) ) ) : 
       		echo bp_member_profile_data('field=Gender');
       		
?>
 <?php endwhile; ?>

but how do i go about accessing the whole object or array on a per user basis is there a function for this?
I’ve tried get_user_meta(); but no luck it looks like buddypress doesn’t store it’s profile field data there, which is where i would have thought it was kept….
I could use $wpdb but it seems a little overkill.
Any advice is appreciated
Chris