Array Filtering

Peter Haworth pete at lcsql.com
Sat Jun 16 11:34:46 EDT 2012


Wondering why rarray is passed by reference?
On Jun 15, 2012 8:21 PM, "Dick Kriesel" <dick.kriesel at mail.com> wrote:

> On Jun 15, 2012, at 3:21 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I am wondering if anyone has developed an Array Filter procedure that
> would give me all the rows of an array matching a certain criteria? For
> instance, let's say I wanted all the rows whose key "name" contained "bob"
> and have it returned as an array of the same structure containing only
> those records?
> >
> > If not I am going to have to write one.
> >
> > Bob
>
>
> Hi, Bob.  Here's an example for a simple array.  Put it into a script and
> run "test1" from the message box.
>
> Does it work for you?
>
> -- Dick
>
>
> <postscript>
>
> function subarrayForNameContainsString @rArray, pString
>   local tArray
>   repeat for each key tKey in rArray
>      if rArray[ tKey ][ "name" ] contains pString then
>         put rArray[ tKey ] into tArray[ tKey ]
>      end if
>   end repeat
>   return tArray
> end subarrayForNameContainsString
>
> on test1
>   local tArray, tSubarray
>   put "Betty" into tArray[ 123 ][ "name" ]
>   put "Bob" into tArray[ 234 ][ "name" ]
>   put "carpenter" into tArray[ 234 ][ "occupation" ]
>   put subarrayForNameContainsString( tArray, "Bob" ) into tSubarray
>   breakpoint
> end test1
>
> </postscript>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> use-livecode mailing list
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com
> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your
> subscription preferences:
> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
>



More information about the use-livecode mailing list