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I've looked in wiki and searched the fora and helpfiles, but this may be too basic a question!

If I want to clear a string I can use

$sString = ""
.

Is there a similar simple way to clear the contents of an array? Redim is the nearest I've seen, but this isn't a quick and dirty way like the string example. Or would I have to specify that each element of the array = "" using a loop?

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William

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See the help file for "Dim / Global / Local / Const":

"To erase an array (maybe because it is a large global array and you want to free the memory), simply assign a single value to it:

$array = 0

This will free the array and convert it back to the single value of 0."

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See the help file for "Dim / Global / Local / Const":

"To erase an array (maybe because it is a large global array and you want to free the memory), simply assign a single value to it:

$array = 0

This will free the array and convert it back to the single value of 0."

Thanks - I thought there'd be a simple way, just couldn't find it!!

Regards,

William

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I knew that! ;-) Its set out in the Help File.

However - I have built a 2dimensional array, and now I want to extract item x from the second dimension and I can not even find an example... Could someone perhaps point me to more 'extensive' array examples? I have too little knowlegde to figure out how to do this and the Help File is all about Dim/ReDim and _Array... functions, but not how to use specific items from a multidimensional array. It probably simple, but I do not know.

Please?

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Skysnake,

Have you read the Arrays tutorial in the Wiki? ;) It covers 2D arrays as well.

In general, to extract an element from the array, you need to specify the index/indices:

; Declare a 1D array
Global $aArray_1D[2] = ["A", "B"]

; Read the contents
ConsoleWrite($aArray_1D[0] & " - " & $aArray_1D[1] & @CRLF)

ConsoleWrite(@CRLF)

; Declare a 2D array
Global $aArray_2D[2][2] = [["A", "B"], ["X", "Y"]]

; Read the contents
ConsoleWrite($aArray_2D[0][0] & " - " & $aArray_2D[0][1] & @CRLF & $aArray_2D[1][0] & " - " & $aArray_2D[1][1] & @CRLF)

If you posted a bit of code we might be able to help a bit more precisely. :)

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Skysnake,

Have you read the Arrays tutorial in the Wiki? ;) It covers 2D arrays as well.

In general, to extract an element from the array, you need to specify the index/indices:

; Declare a 1D array
Global $aArray_1D[2] = ["A", "B"]

; Read the contents
ConsoleWrite($aArray_1D[0] & " - " & $aArray_1D[1] & @CRLF)

ConsoleWrite(@CRLF)

; Declare a 2D array
Global $aArray_2D[2][2] = [["A", "B"], ["X", "Y"]]

; Read the contents
ConsoleWrite($aArray_2D[0][0] & " - " & $aArray_2D[0][1] & @CRLF & $aArray_2D[1][0] & " - " & $aArray_2D[1][1] & @CRLF)

If you posted a bit of code we might be able to help a bit more precisely. :)

M23

Thanks, great help. Why can I not download the wiki as single file for off-line usage? Or am I just being backward?

to pass a specific value from the second dimension I could use, right

$getvalue = $myArray[3][2]

this would put the third array item from the second dimension into my $getvalue, right? problem is all examples seem to assume that people KNOW how to do this, and I don't :-(

are there samples about with predefined arrays like days of the week etc that one can just pick up and use or must I build my own?

eg

[day1, sunday]

[day2, monday]

or

[1, one, first]

[2, two, second]

etc?

Thanks for bothering with me.

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