Well I never!

[Thomas McGrath III]

OK, Jim so now we all know that you can get really cheap bottles of  
asprin.

Great concept to explain multi-dimensional array's. And this works  
great for individual 'different' types of objects. I would like to see  
an explanation of similar objects:
Let's say you have a collection of baseball cards. You may have a lot  
of duplicates and you may have missing cards that you want to list.  
They all share similar attributes like price, stats.


collectibles[baseballcards] ....



Tom McGrath III
Lazy River Software
3mcgrath at comcast.net

iTunes Library Suite - libITS
Information and download can be found on this page:
http://www.lazyriversoftware.com/RevOne.html

On Mar 28, 2009, at 1:26 AM, Jim Ault wrote:

> A simple example we all know...
>
> I live in an array called a "house"
> It contains rooms thus
> house[bedroom]
> house[kitchen]
> ---my kitchen contains a refrigerator with shelves and a freezer
> house[kitchen][refrigerator][top shelf]"cheese, pickles, butter"
> house[kitchen][refrigerator][freezer]"green peas, ice cream, ice  
> trays"
> ---my bedroom has stuff, but no freezer
> house[bedroom][closet][shoebox 1] "black dress shoes"
> house[bedroom][closet][hook 4] "brown leather belt"
> house[bedroom][closet][hanger 12] "fancy dress sweatshirt"
> house[bedroom][closet][all other hangers] "wife's clothes"
> house[bedroom]"bed"
> house[bedroom]"left-side lamp"
> house[bedroom][night table][top drawer][medicine tray][asprin bottle] 
> [tablets count] 24
> house[bedroom][night table][top drawer][medicine tray][asprin bottle] 
> [tablets color] "white"
> house[bedroom][night table][top drawer][medicine tray][asprin bottle] 
> [cotton count] 1
> house[bedroom][night table][top drawer][medicine tray][asprin bottle] 
> [price sticker][text] "$1.98"
> house[bedroom][night table][top drawer][medicine tray][asprin bottle] 
> [price sticker count] 1
> house[bedroom][night table][top drawer][medicine tray][asprin bottle] 
> [label][readable text] 2%
>
> This type of array does not have to be defined ahead of time, since  
> all data types qualify.  In fact, in Rev, binaries are good.  So how  
> many databases can fit into the head of an array?
>
> house[sewing room][storage basket][straight pin][head]  
> allAdultsNamedAngelUSA2008.zip
> This is one of the infinite answers to the question..  "How many  
> angels can fit on head of a pin?"
>
> (ok, its late, its Friday)
>
> Jim Ault
> Las Vegas
>
>
> On Mar 27, 2009, at 9:55 PM, James Hurley wrote:Trevor,
>>
>> Thank you for this thoughtful (and thought provoking) response.
>>
>> But you give me too much credit. I apparently haven't grasped even  
>> the fundaments. For example I do not understand what is expressed in:
>>
>> "mdArray[1]["Children"][1]["Name"]
>>
>> I have found this in the Docs:
>>
>> "Array elements may contain nested or sub-elements, making them  
>> multi-dimensional.
>> This type of array is ideal for processing hierarchical data  
>> structures such as trees or
>> XML. To access a sub-element, simply declare it using an additional  
>> set of square
>> brackets.
>> put "ABC" into myVariable["myKeyName"][“aChildElement”] "
>>
>> Which suggests a structure and notion which is quite different from  
>> the example you gave. Why not just mdArray["Children"]["Name"] .  
>> Where does the "1" do for you?
>>
>> You must be sorry you started this. As you can see I am at a loss.  
>> I am stuck back in an era when arrays were just tensors.
>>
>> And I feel it is not unfair to say that the documentation has not  
>> caught up with this new feature of Run Rev. But I understand. It is  
>> so much more fun to do stuff than explain it.
>>
>> Jim Hurley
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> use-revolution mailing list
>> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your  
>> subscription preferences:
>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
>
> _______________________________________________
> use-revolution mailing list
> use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your  
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution