Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays

2012-07-27 Thread Martin Phillips
Hi, The line is simply ignored as if it were not even there. If you make it bigger, then try to list past the end, the runtime blows up. If you make it smaller, you can still address the end cells normally. It's really as if the line isn't present. Don't ask me why it works that way, but

Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays

2012-07-27 Thread Wjhonson
@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Fri, Jul 27, 2012 1:28 am Subject: Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays Hi, The line is simply ignored as if it were not even there. If you make it bigger, then try to list past the end, the runtime blows up. If you make it smaller, you can still address the end cells normally

Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays

2012-07-26 Thread Wjhonson
- From: Brian Leach br...@brianleach.co.uk To: 'U2 Users List' u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thu, Jul 26, 2012 2:03 am Subject: Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays Well, in an INFORMATION flavor dimensioned arrays are supposed to be dynamically resizable, which can sometimes be useful if you

Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays

2012-07-26 Thread Wjhonson
: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays Hi, Well, in an INFORMATION flavor dimensioned arrays are supposed to be dynamically resizable The problem described by this thread is an oddity forced on us by the syntax/semantics of matrices passed as arguments. If you define a subroutine as, for example

Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays

2012-07-26 Thread Bill Haskett
10:15 AM *Subject:* Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays Martin's answer is probably right (he usually is!) Difference between what it does and what it *should* do. I love all this legacy cr*p - engineering failings from 30 years ago getting passed down through generations .. Brian

Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays

2012-07-26 Thread dennis bartlett
If the new size was bigger, it would populate those cells that were sent, ie a (10) array sent would fill cells 1 - 10 of the (12) array Theoretically f the new size was smaller, it would fill the array then put the remaining ones into either the last or the zero cell depending on which flavour,

Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays

2012-07-26 Thread Wjhonson
it works that way, but hey. -Original Message- From: dennis bartlett dqbartl...@gmail.com To: U2 Users List u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Sent: Thu, Jul 26, 2012 5:40 pm Subject: Re: [U2] Passing dimensioned arrays If the new size was bigger, it would populate those cells that were sent, ie

[U2] Passing dimensioned arrays

2012-07-25 Thread Wjhonson
I'm on Universe 10.2.3 in Information flavor and was surprised by something. Admittedly I don't think I've actually come across this before, but it seems like whoever wrote this, didn't understand how the system used it either. If you dimensioned an array and then call a subroutine passing that