Wondering why rarray is passed by reference? On Jun 15, 2012 8:21 PM, "Dick Kriesel" <dick.krie...@mail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 15, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > > > Hi all. > > > > I am wondering if anyone has developed an Array Filter procedure that > would give me all the rows of an array matching a certain criteria? For > instance, let's say I wanted all the rows whose key "name" contained "bob" > and have it returned as an array of the same structure containing only > those records? > > > > If not I am going to have to write one. > > > > Bob > > > Hi, Bob. Here's an example for a simple array. Put it into a script and > run "test1" from the message box. > > Does it work for you? > > -- Dick > > > <postscript> > > function subarrayForNameContainsString @rArray, pString > local tArray > repeat for each key tKey in rArray > if rArray[ tKey ][ "name" ] contains pString then > put rArray[ tKey ] into tArray[ tKey ] > end if > end repeat > return tArray > end subarrayForNameContainsString > > on test1 > local tArray, tSubarray > put "Betty" into tArray[ 123 ][ "name" ] > put "Bob" into tArray[ 234 ][ "name" ] > put "carpenter" into tArray[ 234 ][ "occupation" ] > put subarrayForNameContainsString( tArray, "Bob" ) into tSubarray > breakpoint > end test1 > > </postscript> > > > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
