function example needed

[quaizywabbit]

...where N is unknown

Not sure how to approach this situation....anyone got an example?

Edited August 6, 2005 by quaizywabbit

[GaryFrost]

might try an array

Edited August 6, 2005 by gafrost

[quaizywabbit]

was hoping for a link to an example where that kind of situation could exist..

Edited August 6, 2005 by quaizywabbit

[GaryFrost]

i've done it before in vb, but not any other language.

[/dev/null]

was hoping for a link to an example where that kind of situation could exist..

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

what about this?

dim $params[5]

$params[0] = 4
$params[1] = "Joe"
$params[2] = 4
$params[3] = 3.1415
$params[4] = true

mycode($params)

func mycode(byref $paramarray)
   local $n

   for $n=1 to $paramarray[0]
       msgbox(0,"INFO", "Param #" & $n & ": " & $paramarray[$n])
   next

endfunc

Cheers

Kurt

Edited August 6, 2005 by /dev/null

[hgeras]

In case you use _ArrayAdd in your script and N is always unknown cos it changes as the program runs then instead of using this"

For $n=1 To $paramarray[0]

use this

For #n=1 to UBound($paramarray) -1

So that you dont care about how many really the parameters are....

[GaryFrost]

and don't need the byref unless you plan on being able to change the array in the function.

[/dev/null]

and don't need the byref unless you plan on being able to change the array in the function.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I used the byref, because it's faster.

Cheers

Kurt

[/dev/null]

In case you use _ArrayAdd in your script and N is always unknown cos it changes as the program runs then instead of using this"

For $n=1 To $paramarray[0]

use this

For #n=1 to UBound($paramarray) -1

So that you dont care about how many really the parameters are....

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If you set $paramarray[0] to contain the size of the array, then Ubound() is not necessary.

Cheers

Kurt

[therks]

I'm not sure he was talking about an array guys. It looked more like he was asking about a function that would need an indefinite amount of parameters, which is not possible in the case of AutoIt.

One such example for code like this could be the following (Note, this will NOT work):

Func _ArrayCreate()
  Local $i
  If @NumParams > 0 Then
    Local $av_Array[@NumParams]
    For $i = 0 to @NumParams
      $av_Array[$i] = FuncGetParam($i); <-- this is a made up function. here it would get the function's parameters based on their index
    Next
    Return $av_Array
  Else
    Return 0
  EndIf
EndFunc

$a_Fruits = _ArrayCreate('apple', 'orange', 'banana', 'peach')

[GaryFrost]

I'm not sure he was talking about an array guys. It looked more like he was asking about a function that would need an indefinite amount of parameters, which is not possible in the case of AutoIt.

One such example for code like this could be the following (Note, this will NOT work):

Func _ArrayCreate()
  Local $i
  If @NumParams > 0 Then
    Local $av_Array[@NumParams]
    For $i = 0 to @NumParams
      $av_Array[$i] = FuncGetParam($i); <-- this is a made up function. here it would get the function's parameters based on their index
    Next
    Return $av_Array
  Else
    Return 0
  EndIf
EndFunc

$a_Fruits = _ArrayCreate('apple', 'orange', 'banana', 'peach')

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I knew what he meant, I't can be done in vb, and like you said, currently not in AutoIt, therefore I suggested an array

Gary

[therks]

Oops. My bad, I misread that. Guess I should get some sleep (6:40am).

Keeping this post from being completely useless, this can be done in PHP, they have functions that support it.Check it here. I'm going to bed.

[hgeras]

If you set $paramarray[0]to contain the size of the array, then Ubound() is not necessary.

Cheers

Kurt

This is valid if you set the values manualy.But if you use a growing array with _ArrayAdd for instance,then if you save the [0] element for the dimension of the array then everytime he runs _arrayadd he should run in the next line $params[0]=UBound($params) -1 to update the [0] element... So again UBound is needed....It's just one of the ways you can do this...