Handling errors correctly

[Phaser]

Hi guys

I have a 2 d array which is built on the fly, I perfom a check on values within that array, sometimes the Col is empty, so it has nothing in it, not even a zero as this particular row has no data, yet.

When I try to get data from an empty Col the script stops responding so I made a tester, how do I continue if there is no value in the col I and checking

#include <Array.au3>
Local $sequence[2][6]=[[0,0,0,0,0,0],[1,0,1,1,1,1]]
MsgBox(0,"Check Col", "Checker " & $sequence[1][1]);returns the zero value

Now with an empty Column that hasnt yet been populated

#include <Array.au3>
Local $sequence[2][6]=[[,,,,,],[,,,,,]]
MsgBox(0,"Check Col", "Checker " & $sequence[1][1]);returns the zero value

How do I allow my script to continue past this point?

[JohnOne]

#include <Array.au3>
Local $sequence[2][6]=[[,,,,,],[,,,,,]]
MsgBox(0,"Check Col", "Checker " & $sequence[1][1]);returns the zero value

How do I allow my script to continue past this point?

You know you cannot do that right?

[Ramzes]

Empty array:

Local $sequence[2][6]

Assgn $sequence[1][1] to 0:

$sequence[1][1] = 0

To check your array you can use:

_ArrayDisplay($sequence)

I hope it helps you.

[Phaser]

Hi guys thanks for the replies

You know you cannot do that right?

Yes, but as its an array created on the fly it has no data at certain points in time.

Assgn $sequence[1][1] to 0:

Sadly I am performing a calculation on that element so adding a 0 is not an option. Looks like I will have to assign it a value like 999 and on my code just tell it to skip if it = 999

[JohnOne]

I think then that you have a rather poor method of dealing with your data.

This is your code we are talking about here, so you ought to know when the array does and does not hold data for processing.

There is not much point of an empty array, Look at ReDim Keyword in the helpfile and employ that would be one way address your problem.

[enaiman]

Why do you need to declare your array like this?

Local $sequence[2][6]=[[0,0,0,0,0,0],[1,0,1,1,1,1]]

If you need an array, simply declare it as:

Dim $sequence[2][6]

That will create the array and assign 0 to every element, so there is no such thing as an "empty" element.

[Spiff59]

The = operator treats 0 and "" as the same.

But, the == operator can discern between a 0 and a null/empty string.

#include <Array.au3>
Local $sequence[2][6] = [[0,0,0,0,0,0],["","","","","",""]]
If $sequence[0][0] == "" then Beep(800,100) ; 0 fails
If $sequence[1][0] == "" then Beep(800,100) ; "" passes