I've been thinking of pulling that code out and making it available as a free utility but I can't quite figure out the best way for a user to point it to the variable containing the array.
On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 12:35 PM Mike Bonner <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you! Will have to study the script, and will check out lcstackbrowser > too. > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 1:21 PM, Peter Haworth <[email protected]> wrote: > > > lcStackBrowser has one but it only operates on custom properties not > > variables. Search keys, delete keys, change key values, add new keys all > > available. > > > > And there's always the script editor variables tab. > > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:32 AM Peter M. Brigham <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Not a utility, but here's a way of displaying a multilevel array so you > > > can see its structure. > > > > > > -- Peter > > > > > > Peter M. Brigham > > > [email protected] > > > http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig > > > > > > ------- > > > > > > function displayArray @pArray, pFullData, _pDimension > > > -- by Peter M. Brigham, [email protected] — freeware > > > -- adapted from a handler by Trevor DeVore > > > -- displays an array as an outline-style list > > > -- most useful for multidimensional arrays, to see the structure > > > -- if an element of the array contains more than one line, > > > -- the first line only will be displayed (less confusing to look > > at) > > > -- if you want to see the full data then pass pFullData = true > > > -- _pDimension is an internally used parameter > > > -- pArray is referenced to avoid duplicating large arrays in memory, > > > -- but the array is not altered by this function > > > > > > -- call it like this: put displayArray(tArray) into fld "peruse" > > > > > > -- requires makestring() > > > > > > if _pDimension is empty then put 0 into _pDimension > > > if pFullData = empty then put false into pFullData > > > put ": " into divString > > > put the keys of pArray into theKeys > > > if line 1 of theKeys is a number then > > > sort theKeys numeric > > > else > > > sort theKeys > > > end if > > > repeat for each line theKey in theKeys > > > if pArray[theKey] is an array then > > > put makeString(space,_pDimension*3) & theKey & cr after > theText > > > put pArray[theKey] into theTempArray > > > put displayArray(theTempArray, pFullData, _pDimension + 1) > after > > > theText > > > else > > > if pFullData then > > > put makeString(space,_pDimension*3) & theKey & ":" \ > > > && pArray[theKey] & cr after theText > > > else > > > put pArray[theKey] into tElement > > > put empty into tTrailer > > > if the number of lines of tElement > 1 then > > > put " ..." into tTrailer > > > end if > > > put makeString(space,_pDimension*3) & theKey & divString \ > > > & (line 1 of tElement) & tTrailer & cr after theText > > > end if > > > end if > > > end repeat > > > return theText > > > end displayArray > > > > > > function makeString pChar, n > > > -- returns a string of n characters (pChar) > > > -- no repeat loop! > > > -- by Peter M. Brigham, [email protected] — freeware > > > -- improved by Richard Gaskin > > > set the linedel to pChar > > > put pChar into line n of temp > > > return temp > > > end makeString > > > > > > > > > On Mar 15, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > > > > > > > If you are just trying to get a handle on the structure, and how to > > pull > > > > out specific chunks, you can declare it global, and use the message > box > > > to > > > > poke around. > > > > > > > > If its global, in the multiline msg box declare it too, and "put the > > keys > > > > of... " > > > > Then adjust it to look at subkey contents, poking around till you > > figure > > > > out where things are. > > > > > > > > And now i'm wondering if anyone has built an array browser utility? > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Scott Rossi < > [email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Try: if myArray is an array > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Regards, > > > >> > > > >> Scott Rossi > > > >> Creative Director > > > >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> On 3/15/15, 9:50 AM, "Graham Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> Still struggling with arrays: no results, no error messages, no > > dataŠ > > > >>> will get there no doubt. While trying to get there, I tried > > > >>> > > > >>> put exists(myArray[³gpx²]) > > > >>> > > > >>> I got Œfalse¹, but the IDE seems to say that the top key in this > > > >>> multidimensional array is ³gpx², so why isn¹t it true? > > > >>> > > > >>> Puzzled on a wet Sunday afternoonŠ > > > >>> > > > >>> Graham > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> _______________________________________________ > > > >>> use-livecode mailing list > > > >>> [email protected] > > > >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > >>> subscription preferences: > > > >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> _______________________________________________ > > > >> use-livecode mailing list > > > >> [email protected] > > > >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > >> subscription preferences: > > > >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
