Structures dont need to be the same type while arrays do (at least in C). But since you do not declare a type in CF CF's structures are really associative arrays (arrays with a named index).
On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Gyrus wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Phoeun Pha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I always found structures to be harder to work with than arrays. in > fact i > find nothing useful with structure (cuz of ignorance, of course) :) > > Can someone gimme an example of when a structure should be used and what > not? Cuz structures are one of the few main things I have left to touch > in > Coldfusion. > ----------------------------- > > I could be wrong on the following, cos I'm just looking into PHP after 2 > years of only using CF - so my knowledge of languages in general is not > great. > > But reading about arrays in PHP, I was wondering how it deals with > structures. It doesn't. From what I can see, 'structures' are just CF's > way of creating 'associative arrays'. Which is, instead of referring to > an element in an array via the number of it's position (e.g. myArray[3] > for the 3rd element), each element has a string associated with it, and > you refer to the element using that string. In CF, the string is the > "key" and the element is the "value". Any correct me if this isn't > right, I'm just learning myself. > > As for example, can't think of any offhand. But once you understand how > they work (very straightforward, just cobble together a quick practice > test), you should start to guess where to use them. Maybe you've not > actually needed them yet... > > - Gyrus > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > work: http://www.tengai.co.uk > play: http://www.norlonto.net > - PGP key available > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
