I pretty much always use an array of structs for this sort of situation. I like the descriptive name of the key names in the struct (user.name, user.lastseen, user.event) and I like the ease of the array functions for looping over, appending and counting. That way I can just loop from 1 to ArrayLen and then easily reference the structure for each loop and output what I'm really interested in (name, event, etc).
I don't use two-dimensional arrays much because usually if I have related data there is some natural, descriptive, relationship beyond numeric indices and I like to keep that information. In this case its that all off the first entries in each row is a Name, the second is the date LastSeen, etc. If the data in each row was unstructured, say a series of numbers picked for the lottery, then I would probably use a two-dimensional array because data doesn't have any useful keys associated with it. In the same fashion, I wouldn't use a structure of structs because each row is just a row, there isn't a natural key that uniquely describes each row, it just has an index. Cheers, Judah Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote: > Hello Guys, > > > > I'm looking for some advice on whether I should be using a 2 dimensional > array or a array of structs for this kind of thing. I'm looking to store a > list of users in an array, but also some other information on them, similar > to a virtual table I guess, like this. > > > > Name LastSeen Event > > Rob 01-01-2007 Emailing > > Dave 01-01-2007 News > > John 02-01-2007 Users > > Paul 03-01-2007 Emailing > > > > Now should i be creating an array of structs for this? With each element of > the array containing a structure with name, lastseen and event in it? Or > should I just use a two dimensional array? Is there any real benefit between > the two for performance? > > > > Or perhaps I use a struct of structs? So then I can do > Application.Userlist.Rob.LastSeen or something like that? Is it possible to > dynamically name a structure key? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Rob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJW Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:278982 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
