referencing arrays

[Phil Davis]

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> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com]On Behalf Of rand
> valentine
> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 12:19 PM
> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Subject: referencing arrays
> 
> 
>    Hi, I have a simple question, and my apologies to the gurus for 
> taking your time -- i still can't search the archives.
> 
>    I have a set of arrays, titled arrayN, arrayV, arrayA
> 
>    I want to be able to build the name of the array I need to refer to 
> on the fly, e.g.,
> 
>   put "array" & "N" into theArrayName
> 
>   put theArrayName["@"]
> 
>   this does not work -- using a variable for the name of the array 
> causes the array not to be properly referenced. What am I doing wrong, 
> or what can one do to actually build an array reference of this sort 
> that works?


One approach:
  get ("put array" & tSomeCharacter & "[" & tKeyValue & "] into tValue")
  do it
  -- now tValue contains the value pulled from arrayN[x]


Another version of this approach:

  put arrayValue("N",tKeyValue) into tMyValue
  ...
  ...

  function arrayValue pArraySuffix, pArrayKey
    get ("put array" & pArraySuffix & "[" & pArrayKey & "] into tValue")
    do it
    return tValue
  end arrayValue


Hope this helps.

Phil Davis


> 
> rand valentine
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