MultiDIM Array Quirks

[user5274]

Hi again some time back I came across these quirks and hopefully can get a workaround or solution. The first is reDim'ing multidimensional arrays, the following code creates 2 separate arrays THISARRAY_2 and THISARRAY_%WW%, of course the second array is unexpected.

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Let>WW=2

//make array with 8 elements
ArrayDim>THISARRAY_%WW%,8,integer

//now make it with 11 elements
ArrayDim>THISARRAY_%WW%,11,integer

**BREAKPOINT**
Exit>

Now the above lead to the second quirk, thinking I could delete the array and start from scratch.

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Let>WW=2
ArrayDim>THISARRAY_%WW%,8,integer

DelArray>THISARRAY_%WW%
//array has not been deleted
Assigned>THISARRAY_2_8,TMP
MDL>Assigned=%TMP%

DelArray>THISARRAY_2
//array has been deleted
Assigned>THISARRAY_2_8,TMP
MDL>Assigned=%TMP%

**BREAKPOINT**
Exit>

DelArray cannot delete THISARRAY_%WW%

[user5274]

One more quirk, BUT i found a workaround to

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Let>WW=2
Let>QINDX=55,66,77,88,99,11
Separate>QINDX,COMMA,THISARRAY_%WW%,integer

This creates an array THISARRAY_%WW% instead of THISARRAY_2, but the workaround below works

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Let>WW=2
Let>QINDX=55,66,77,88,99,11
Separate>QINDX,COMMA,TMPARRAY,integer
ArrayCopy>TMPARRAY,,THISARRAY_%WW%
DelArray>TMPARRAY

[Grovkillen]

Tried this?

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Let>WW=2
Let>QINDX=55,66,77,88,99,11
Separate>QINDX,COMMA,{THISARRAY_%WW%},integer

[user5274]

Just did it made these vars

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0: {THISARRAY_%WW%}_1=55
0: {THISARRAY_%WW%}_2=66
0: {THISARRAY_%WW%}_3=77
0: {THISARRAY_%WW%}_4=88
0: {THISARRAY_%WW%}_5=99
0: {THISARRAY_%WW%}_6=11
0: {THISARRAY_%WW%}_COUNT=6

[Grovkillen]

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Let>WW=2
Let>QINDX=55,66,77,88,99,11
Separate>QINDX,COMMA,{"THISARRAY_%WW%"},integer

Same thing using this?

[user5274]

Same, creates {"THISARRAY_%WW%"} array

Just so this thread does not get lost in it main purpose I will re-list the quirks:

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ArrayDim>THISARRAY_%WW%,8,integer
ArrayDim>THISARRAY_%WW%,11,integer

Re-dim'ing a multi-dim array creates an unexpected array

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DelArray>THISARRAY_%WW%

Cannot delete a multi-dim array

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Separate>QINDX,COMMA,THISARRAY_%WW%,integer

Cannot separate into a multi-dim array

See previous posts for full examples

[user5274]

Could I get confirmation that these quirks are intended and I can continue to find workarounds on my own. Thank you.

[Marcus Tettmar]

ArrayDim is designed for single dimension arrays only.