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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / creating arrays on the fly

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simonuk74
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 03:20
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I want to be able to enter the contents of an array, and adjusting the size accordingly, I`ve tried using the `array insert at top/bottom` commands, but it`s not working how I expected.

whats happening is the array is filling with the last information I enter.

a=0
dim test$(0)
print "enter a max of 10 strings to create an array with"
print "enter nothing to finish"
do
inc a
array insert at top test$(0)
input "name",n$
if len(n$)
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simonuk74
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ok, just realised that only half my message got sent ???



so theres the code again, slightly altered, - just a few print statments to help me figure out whats happening, but I cant figure it

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simonuk74
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its working now, just a case of playing wit hthe `a` variable, and adding to the bottom of the array.

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the architect
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2003 22:51
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Simonuk,

Apparently dynamic arrays are not working properly and will be fixed in later patches. For now I have used fixed array sizes.

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MrTAToad
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I've got a linklist plug-in that may be of use...

Good news everyone! I really am THAT good...
http://www.nickk.nildram.co.uk/ for great plug-ins - oh my, yes!
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Galiem
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Another option is to use a memblock, and have the array dimensions be controled by values in the memblock.

For example, if your array is meant to store information regarding each individual tile on a matrix, a memblock could store the values representing how the matrix is prepared, and then the array created by assigning a variable to equal the value in each repspective memblock position, and then use the variables to specify array size.

Xsegment = MEMBLOCK BYTE 1,1
Zsegment = MEMBLOCK BYTE 1,2

DIM Segments(Xsegment, Zsegment)

In this way, the array dimensions will always be equal to whatever the matrix X and Z segements were stored as.

Hope I help some, but I'm sort of an advanced newbie myself, when it comes to DBPro... I am writing some extensive code, but have a long ways to go before I will be testing it... Variables CAN be used to specify array dimensions in DBPro, right? I hope they can anyway lol

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IanM
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Posted: 24th Mar 2003 15:13
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Although most of the array commands are not working, ARRAY INSERT AT BOTTOM works fine.
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MrTAToad
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The choice, as they say, is yours...

Good news everyone! I really am THAT good...
http://www.nickk.nildram.co.uk/ for great plug-ins - oh my, yes!
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