Counting in Multidimensional Arrays

[Dead_Man]

I'm working on a script at the moment for practice but i think I've taken a wrong turn,

the intended result is to keep adding names to this array and if two or more names match it'll just increase a count next to their name.

Heres what i have so far:

Global $Names[3] =  ["Harry Potter","Harry Potter","Hermione Granger"]
Global $NameCount[1][2] ; [Index][Name, Count]
$NameCount[0][0] = 0
 
For $a = 0 to UBound($Names)-1 step 1
$Input = $Names[$a]
 
$iSize = UBound($NameCount, 1)
ReDim $NameCount[$iSize + 1][2]
$NameCount[0][0] = $iSize
$NameCount[$iSize][0] = $Input
 
for $i = 1 to $NameCount[0][0]
if $Input = $NameCount[$i][0] Then
$NameCount[$i][1] += 1
;ReDim $NameCount[$iSize+1][2]
EndIf
Next
 
For $i = 1 to $NameCount[0][0]
ConsoleWrite($NameCount[$i][0] & ": " & $NameCount[$i][1] & @CRLF)
Next
ConsoleWrite(@CRLF)
next

Expected Output:

 

Harry Potter: 2

Hermione Granger: 1

 

Current Output:

Harry Potter: 2

Harry Potter: 1

Hermione Granger: 1

 

Edited March 2, 2015 by Dead_Man

[Kyan]

you were adding it to the array before checking if is there, sorry I like to write in my manner

#include <Array.au3>
Global $Names[3] = ["Harry Potter", "Harry Potter", "Hermione Granger"], $found=0
Global $NameCount[1][2] = [[0,0]] ; [Index][Name, Count]

For $a = 0 To UBound($Names) - 1
    $Input = $Names[$a]

    If $a = 0 Then
        ReDim $NameCount[2][2]
        $NameCount[1][0]=$Input
        $NameCount[1][1]=1
    Else
        ;searching for the name
        For $x = 1 To UBound($NameCount)-1
            If $NameCount[$x][0] = $Input Then
                $found=$x
                ExitLoop
            EndIf
        Next
        If $found Then
            $NameCount[$found][1]+=1
        Else
            ReDim $NameCount[UBound($NameCount)+1][2]
            $NameCount[UBound($NameCount)-1][0]=$Input
            $NameCount[UBound($NameCount)-1][1]=1
        EndIf
        $found=0
    EndIf       
Next
_ArrayDisplay($NameCount)
Exit 

You're using $NameCount[0][0] and $NameCount[0][1] for?

Edited March 2, 2015 by Kyan

[Dead_Man]

Its pretty much a score for another project of mine, every time their name is listed add a point, so I'm just making it a tree for how many people are there for the first [0], and the second is their name and how many times they've been listed.

Also this is my first time working with multidimensional arrays so i just wanted to get some practice using them even if there was another way.

Thank you for all your help, i really appreciate it!

Edit: NM just got what you meant, bad programming i guess. thanks for pointing that out.

Edited March 2, 2015 by Dead_Man