Arrays as custom properties?

[Mark Smith]

John, it'd be great to have arrays of arrays, but that doesn't seem  
to be something we should hold our breath for.
However, using multiple key arrays, customPropertySets and a writing  
few functions to filter the keys of them can go a long way..

Best,

Mark

On 19 Mar 2006, at 22:49, John Tregea wrote:

> Thanks Mark,
>
> I was hoping to have an array of arrays, but can certainly make it  
> work using a range of custompropertysets.
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
> Mark Smith wrote:
>> You can simply store an array variable as a customPropertySet:
>> set the customProperties["addresses"] of this stack to addressArray
>>
>> You can then set individual elements of the stored array:
>> set the addresses[key] of this stack to someItem
>>
>> And retrieve the indidvidual elements:
>> get the addresses[key] of this stack
>>
>> or put the whole thing back into an array variable:
>> put the customProperties["addresses"] of this stack into addressArray
>>
>> The thing is that a customPropertySet effecively <is> an array,   
>> and depending on your needs, (accessing a customPropertySet is  
>> only slightly slower than accessing an array) may be a better  
>> choice than a global/local array variable.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>> On 19 Mar 2006, at 06:26, John Tregea wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Scott,
>>>
>>> I already have a number of arrays stored in global variables and  
>>> want to store each complete array as a custom property of the  
>>> group. I realise I could repeat through the structure of the  
>>> array and transfer each array element to a corresponding element  
>>> in the group's custom property, but hoped to be able to "plonk"  
>>> the array into the custom property.
>>>
>>> I will check my use of the word "the"...
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------
>>>
>>> Scott Rossi wrote:
>>>> Recently, John Tregea wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I have been looking to see if I can set an array as a custom  
>>>>> property of
>>>>> a group.
>>>>> ... I get an error message on execution that says "bad index  
>>>>> expression"
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes, you need to define an index for the array.  Perhaps you  
>>>> mean something
>>>> like this:
>>>>
>>>>   set the myAccess["password"] of group "A" to gMyAccess
>>>>
>>>> To retrieve:
>>>>
>>>>   get the myAccess["password"] of group "A"
>>>>
>>>> Also, I believe a custom property must always be prefaced by "the".
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Scott Rossi
>>>> Creative Director
>>>> Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
>>>> -----
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