Pass single dimension of Muti-dimension Array?

[jbear]

I have a mulit-dimension array that contains various information about a list of files, as in:

Dim $array[10][$last]
Enum $f_name, $f_size, $f_create, $f_text, $f_modified, $f_last

I want to be able to pass an entry in the array as a single dimension array, like this:

My_Func($array[$x])

The function could then operate on just a single dimension of the array

I have used some languages that can do this(Although I can't remember which at this moment). Is this possible in AutoIt, or is there another simple way to do this? Objects or structures would be great, but they don't seem to be available.

[jbear]

Never mind. I found another way. Just pass the 2 dim array, and another parameter that is the 1st dim index, such as:

My_func($two_dim_array, $first_dim_index)

The other way would have been slightly more elegant in my opinion, but this works as well.

[kylomas]

jbear,

Here's one way to do what you asked in your OP.

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;
; pass one row of a 2D array as a 1D array
;

#include <array.au3>

; the emun has to be declared BEFORE you use the values enumerated

Enum $f_name, $f_size, $f_create, $f_text, $f_modified, $f_last

local $array[10][$f_last] = [ _
                            ['file1',100,'12/12/2009','??????','12/13/2009'], _
                            ['file2',200,'12/13/2009','??????','12/23/2009'], _
                            ['file3',300,'12/14/2009','??????','12/24/2009'], _
                            ['file4',400,'12/15/2009','??????','12/25/2009'], _
                            ['file5',500,'12/16/2009','??????','12/26/2009'], _
                            ['file6',600,'12/17/2009','??????','12/27/2009'], _
                            ['file7',700,'12/18/2009','??????','12/28/2009'], _
                            ['file8',800,'12/19/2009','??????','12/29/2009'], _
                            ['file9',900,'12/20/2009','??????','12/30/2009'] _
                            ]

for $1 = 0 to ubound($array,1) - 1            ; loop on 1ST dimension ('1' is default, specified for illustration)

    $aTmp = 0                                ; wipe out temp array for next row
    local $aTmp[ubound($array,2)]            ; define temp array

    for $2 = 0 to ubound($array,2) - 1        ; loop on 2ND dimension (columns)
        $aTmp[$2] = $array[$1][$2]            ; populate temp array
    Next

    do_something_with_it($aTmp)                ; go do something with it

Next

func do_something_with_it($arr)

    _arraydisplay($arr)

endfunc

I think the solution that you came up with is the more "elegant" of the two. Pass the array BYREF and avoid any performance hit.

Edited December 26, 2012 by kylomas

[water]

Depending on the size of the array you could use "ByRef". Then just a pointer to the array is passed to the function and not a complete copy of the array:

Func My_func(ByRef $two_dim_array, $first_dim_index)

Edited December 26, 2012 by water