Quick question on declaring an array variable

[Xibalba]

Local $numbers[4]

$numbers = [23, 65, 3, 88]

Gives syntax error.

How do I create an array var, knowing it's size, but don't want to set the values upon declaration nor nulling every slot?

Ty

[MikahS]

Local $numbers[4] = [23, 65, 3, 88]

Edited September 29, 2014 by MikahS

[Xibalba]

Local $numbers[4] = [23, 65, 3, 88]

 

Hi,

I don't want to set values upon declaration.

I'm switching with If conditions, setting different numbers.

If true

$numbers = 1 2 3 4

Else

$numbers = 5 6 7 8

etc

[Kovacic]

Local $numbers[500]


; later on...

$numbers[1] = "chuck"
$numbers[2] = "hank"
$numbers[3] = "biff"
$numbers[4] = "thor"
$numbers[5] = "egbert"

Declare many, use as many as you want

[mikell]

If you don't want to set the values upon declaration you must do like this

Local $numbers[4] 

$numbers[0] = 23
$numbers[1] = 65
$numbers[2] = 3
$numbers[3] = 88

[JohnOne]

Local $numbers[4]
For $i = 0 To 3
    $numbers[$i] = $i
Next

[Xibalba]

is there no shorter way codewise?

I actually choose an array to keep the code to the minimum, but with this I can rather use four normal variables like $number1 $number2 ...

Edit: Hint - I don't use 1,2,3,4 values for my application

Edited September 29, 2014 by Xibalba

[Melba23]

Xibalba,

You can of course just redeclare the array when you know the values you wish to use:

Local $numbers[4]

Local $numbers[4] = [23, 65, 3, 88]

As to arrays keeping "code to the minimum" that rather depends on what you want to do with their contents. It makes it easier to loop through them using a For...Next or other loop but if all the elements are stand-alone there could well be little to be gained. A little more detail might help.

M23

[MikahS]

Edit: Hint - I don't use 1,2,3,4 values for my application

 

It was an example

[Xibalba]

M23,

Thanks, but why not skip the Local $numbers[4] line altogether then?

[Melba23]

Xibalba,

You can indeed skip that line - but you seemed to require it in your OP so I left it in. The main point is that you can redeclare an array whenever you wish - but you will overwrite the existing content when you do so.

As I said before - a little more detail of exactly what you are trying to do might help. Just asking basic array questions is unlikely to get you a satisfactory answer - giving us a concrete case might well do just that.

m23

[Xibalba]

Well my question is answered, I'm very satisfied.

Thanks everyone who posted!

[JohnOne]

Where exactly are your variables coming from, there are a number of ways you can get an array, for example.

Local $aArray = StringSplit(FileRead("myfile.txt"), ":")

Where myfile.txt looks something like this.

var1:var2:var3:var4:123:ABC