On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 18:33 -0700, Charles Hixson wrote:
> On 09/18/2010 03:05 PM, Evan Nemerson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 14:09 -0700, Charles Hixson wrote:
> >
> >> When an array is passed back from a library routine, say string split,
> >> how does one determine the number of elements?
> >>
> > Arrays have a length member which will generally give you what you want.
> > For example:
> >
> > var arr = "one,two,three".split (",");
> > GLib.debug ("Elements: %d", arr.length);
> >
> > There is some good information in the Arrays section of the tutorial:
> > http://live.gnome.org/Vala/Tutorial#Arrays
> >
> >
> > -Evan
> >
> Thanks. Is there some place I should write to suggest that this be
> added to the tutorial? I'd also like to suggest that when strings are
Not really, but the tutorial is a wiki so you can always add it
yourself. That said, it is already in the tutorial... the second
sentence in the Arrays section is: "The length of such an array can be
obtained by the length member variable e.g. int count = a.length."
-Evan
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