Eric: Grab a copy of Cannon Smith's "OBJ Module" (available at this link - http://files.synergyfarmsolutions.com/4DNug/OBJ_Module.zip)
The OBJ Module supports dotted notation which will make is *much* easier to retrieve embedded data. -- Douglas von Roeder 949-336-2902 On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 1:31 PM, Eric Naujock <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an object that was constructed as a beast. There are many levels > within the object and I am looking for a way to retrieve parts of the > object that are embedded deep within the object. > > > The object is structured as an array of objects. Inside each object is > another series of objects (Race by age by gender) Then in another part > Object by manner by gender. Now I am trying to generate content based on > that and am looking to fetch lest say the age of a particular member of a > year of a particular gender. if I was going this is Javascript it would be > something like aoDataset{year}.race{race}.age{age}.gender where gender is > an array containing a number of (Male, female, and other) I really do not > want to have to break things down by creating a series of variables to > extract the layers of the tree just to get to a variable, or an array of > objects deep in the object. It would be much nicer if I could just jump > straight to the part of the object I want to grab for my component. Is > there a simple way to do this? > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > MacCafe > 4405 Talmadge St. > Toledo, OH 43623 > Eric Naujock - ACSA 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 Apple - ACTC 10.5, 10.6, 10.7, > 10.8, 10.9, 10.10 > http://www.mac-cafe.com > email: e <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > AOL IM: erlic > > > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
