Nested array comparisons

[Mark Schonewille]

David,

You can do this with:

if arrayEncode(array1) is arrayEncode(array2) then
   -- do whatever
end if

--
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On 3/24/2013 03:40, David Beck wrote:
>
> Here is a function, in the mean time, that will do a deep comparison of arrays:
>
> function arraysAreEqual array1, array2
>     if array1 is not array2 then return false
>     put the keys of array1 into theKeys
>     repeat for each line thisKey in theKeys
>        put 0 into numberOfArrays
>        if array1[ thisKey ] is an array then add 1 to numberOfArrays
>        if array2[ thisKey ] is an array then add 1 to numberOfArrays
>        if numberOfArrays is 1 then return false
>        if numberOfArrays is 2 then
>           if not arraysAreEqual( array1[ thisKey ], array2[ thisKey ] ) then return false
>        end if
>     end repeat
>
>     return true
> end arraysAreEqual
>
> On Mar 23, 2013, at 12:43 PM, David Beck <david at rotundasoftware.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> If one has two nested arrays, can you compare the two for equality by doing
>>
>> if deepArray_1 is deepArray_2 then
>>    -- do whatever
>> end if
>>
>> It looks like this does not work. That is, you get false positives at times when the two arrays are in fact not equal. Can not find documentation to determine whether this is bug of the expected behavior!
>>
>> David Beck
>
>