Seeking data-structure suggestions

[PCode]

Basically I want to sort data into a treeview. Ideally it would look something like this

Essay
-Paragraph 1
--Sentence 1
---Word 1
---Word 2
---Word 3
--Sentence 2
---Word 1
---Word 2
---Word 3
---Word 4
-Paragraph 2
...

I think that should give you the picture. The number of paragraphs in an essay, sentences in a paragraph, and words in a sentence however are unknown.

One thing I've considered is a multidimensional array, but wouldn't I have to have every sentence store the same amount of words as the sentence with the highest amount of words?

I've also considered arrays of arrays, but wouldn't I have a create a dummy array every time I wanted to go a dimension further into the array?

So either correct me if I'm mistaken, suggest a better way of storing this data, or tell me that I'm just between a rock and a hard space.

Edited February 17, 2010 by PCode

[PsaltyDS]

Sounds like an XML file would do nicely. Have you any experience with _XMLDOMWrapper.au3 UDF or XPath syntax?

[water]

I once used this code to populate a Treeview.

Every line starts with a #. The number of spaces denote the level in the tree. No space = top level, 1 space = child of top level etc.