Dave wrote:
The problem is that "arrays" in RunRev are not "arrays" in the same
sense as in languages like C/C++ or Pascal etc. They are really look
up tables.
For the benefit of newcomers here, it may be worth noting that
associative arrays are hardly an invention of Rev's:
<http://www.google.com/search?q=associative+arrays>
So while it's true that Rev's arrays are associative rather than
numerically indexed (and a request has been submitted to make that more
self-evident in the docs), it's not like Rev invented some novel form of
array. As the 800,000 hits at that link show, associative arrays are a
common feature of a great many languages.
The upside of associative arrays is that the syntax for using them is
pretty much identical to how one would expect to use a
single-dimensional numeric array, while also allowing non-numeric keys.
The downside occurs in those cases where a multi-dimensional numeric
array is desired, which your function addresses well:
In RunRev instead of passing an index (or indexes) to
retrieve the data for an entry you pass a key. You can fake the way
Arrays work in languages like C/C++ etc, by passing key values such
as "1,5", but this is actually passing a three character key of "1"
"," "2".
I've found that if you are using the key section in a non-trivial way
(like in the 2D array example) it's better to use a function that
returns your munged key for you, e.g. something like this:
function Get2DArrayKey theIndex1,theIndex2
return theIndex1 & "," & theIndex2
end
and to use:
put "xxxx" into my2DArray[Get2DArrayKey(1,5) ]
or
put my2DArray[Get2DArrayKey(1,5)] into myValue
If you *ALWAYS* use this function, you will always get consistent
keys, otherwise you may have the problem you described where it's
starts to get confusing because of extra quote characters, etc.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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