_ArrayToString or $array[n]

[ale1981]

Just out of curiosity, which of these would be quicker or which is correct to use?

Local $cDate = _GUICtrlDTP_GetSystemTime( GUICtrlGetHandle($txtDESPDATE) )

$DESPDATE = $cDate[0] & $cDate[1] & $cDate[2]

OR

Local $cDate = _GUICtrlDTP_GetSystemTime( GUICtrlGetHandle($txtDESPDATE) )

$DESPDATE = StringLeft( _ArrayToString( $cDate, "" ), 8 )

Thanks

[jguinch]

$txtDESPDATE seems to be a date control.

You can use GUICtrlSendMsg($txtDESPDATE, $DTM_SETFORMATW, 0, "yyyyMMdd") to have the good format directly with GUICtrlRead :

#include <DateTimeConstants.au3>
#include <GuiDateTimePicker.au3>


GUICreate("", 250, 80)
$txtDESPDATE = GUICtrlCreateDate("date", 10, 10)
GUICtrlSendMsg($txtDESPDATE, $DTM_SETFORMATW, 0, "yyyyMMdd")

$button = GUICtrlCreateButton("Get time", 10, 50, 100, 25)

GUISetState()

While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = -3 Then Exit
    
    If $msg = $button Then  MsgBox( 0, "",   GUICtrlRead($txtDESPDATE)   )
WEnd

To answer to you question, i would say the first way is faster

Edited October 27, 2014 by jguinch

[JLogan3o13]

As for which is "correct", I would use the latter if you want the entire array in the string. I would use the former if I wanted to concatenate only certain elements of an array (0, 1, 3 but not 2, 4, or 5, for example). As far as which would be faster...try it.

[ale1981]

Thanks guys, just thought I would put it out there, I will experiment.

Thanks for the suggestion jguinch I will give that a go.