Redim Array By Variable

[Freeze128]

I might be completely barking up the wrong tree here, so let me know if I am...

I'm trying to populate a multidimensional array with values that are coming from one string. The values are separated by a delimiter (like just a pipe |). I started writing a function to count the delimiters, and every time it hits one, it increases the element number. If it hits 2 delims in a row, that means increase the number of dimensions.

Well, it just occurred to me that I don't really know how I can programmatically redim an array with a number of dimensions that is stored in a variable. I mean, it's not like there is a function like:

CreateArray($elements, $dimensions)

The only reason I'm doing this is to populate a multidimensional array quickly with a static set of data. For example:

red::fire

blue::water

white::wind

green::earth

I was trying to avoid doing it like:

$array[1][1] = "red"

$array[1][2] = "fire"

$array[2][1] = "blue"

$array[2][2] = "water"

$array[3][1] = "white"

...

Is there any way I can just stream it into an array with a variable like:

$String="red|fire||blue|water||white|wind||green|earth"

[Valuater]

sounds like stringsplit()

$days = StringSplit("Sun,Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri,Sat", ",")

;$days[1]contains "Sun" ... $days[7] contains "Sat"

see help

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[blindwig]

The only reason I'm doing this is to populate a multidimensional array quickly with a static set of data.

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Is there any way I can just stream it into an array with a variable like:

$String="red|fire||blue|water||white|wind||green|earth"

If you have the Beta version, try this:

Dim $String[3][2]=[[red,fire],[blue,water],[white,wind],[green,earth]]

look in the beta docs for the Dim function to get the syntax

Edited March 31, 2006 by blindwig

[Freeze128]

sounds like stringsplit()

see help

8)

I did read up on StringSplit. While it's very clear how I could use that to populate a one dimensional array, I wasn't quite sure how I could use that to populate a multidimensional array. The help page makes no reference to anything other than a single dimension.

You know, it's kinda funny, I almost used that exact same example above, but decided against it because the problem was too easy to solve with a 1 dimensional array.

[Freeze128]

If you have the Beta version, try this:

Dim $String[3][2]=[[red,fire],[blue,water],[white,wind],[green,earth]]

look in the beta docs for the Dim function to get the syntax

Beautiful! While it isn't quite as flexible as reading it from a string, I think the above syntax will do nicely.

Thanks a million!