_ArrayBinarySearch

[icarrion]

I don't understand why $isActiveTable is returning a 1 meaning $tableArray is not an array when in fact it is. What's going on?

Dim $tableArray[4]

$var[1][0] = "my testing"

_ArraySort( $tableArray)

; Lookup existing entry
$isActiveTable = _ArrayBinarySearch ( $tableArray, $var[1][0] )

If Not @error Then

Else

EndIf

[Don N]

I think you getting this error because their is nothing in the $tableArray so it is generating an error because it is empty.

I tried this and it worked...

#include <Array.au3>

Dim $tableArray[4]

$tableArray[0] = "a"
$tableArray[1] = "b"
$tableArray[2] = "my testing"
$tableArray[3] = "c"

$var = "my testing"

_ArraySort( $tableArray)

; Lookup existing entry
$isActiveTable = _ArrayBinarySearch ( $tableArray, $var )

If Not @error Then
    MsgBox( 0, "", "Good" )
Else
    MsgBox( 0, "", "Bad" )
EndIf

Hope this helps.

[icarrion]

I think you getting this error because their is nothing in the $tableArray so it is generating an error because it is empty.

I tried this and it worked...

#include <Array.au3>

Dim $tableArray[4]

$tableArray[0] = "a"
$tableArray[1] = "b"
$tableArray[2] = "my testing"
$tableArray[3] = "c"

$var = "my testing"

_ArraySort( $tableArray)

; Lookup existing entry
$isActiveTable = _ArrayBinarySearch ( $tableArray, $var )

If Not @error Then
    MsgBox( 0, "", "Good" )
Else
    MsgBox( 0, "", "Bad" )
EndIf

Hope this helps.

Thanks, but if I fill in the array with initial values then my return value for $isActiveTable is "" (empty)... which according to the docs say that the command failed. Is there a limit of chars that can go in an array? Also will chars like ' - ! screw it up?

Thanks!

[Don N]

can you post the whole script here, it will be easier to find the problem that way.

[icarrion]

can you post the whole script here, it will be easier to find the problem that way.

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#include <GuiConstants.au3>
#include <Array.au3>
Opt("WinWaitDelay",100)
Opt("WinTitleMatchMode", 2) ;1=start, 2=subStr, 3=exact, 4=advanced


Dim $tableArray[4]

$tableArray[0] = "empty"
$tableArray[1] = "empty"
$tableArray[2] = "empty"
$tableArray[3] = "empty"


While 1
    
    $var = WinList("create")


    For $i = 1 to $var[0][0]
    
        
            ; sort the array to be able to do  a binary search
                _ArraySort( $tableArray)

            ; Lookup existing entry
                $isActiveTable = _ArrayBinarySearch ( $tableArray, $var[$i][0] )

                If Not @error Then 
                ;do nothing
                    
                Else
                                    
                    Run("C:\Program Files\myapp\myapp.exe")
                    _ArrayAdd( $tableArray, $var[$i][0])
                    
                    
                    WinWait("Insp","",3)
                    
                    WinActivate("Insp","")
                    
                    ControlClick("Insp", "", "Button5")
                    
                    WinWait ("Select Table","",3)
                    WinActivate("Select Table","")
                    

                    $tableItem = ControlListView("Select Table", "", "SysListView321", "FindItem", StringLeft($var[$i][0],15), 1)
                    
                    


                    ControlCommand ( "Select Table", "", "SysListView321", "SelectString", $var[$i][0] )


                    ControlClick("Select Table", "", "Button1")
                    
                    
                    
                EndIf
                

    Next

    
    sleep(3000)
    
Wend

[Don N]

Not entirely sure about this but when your code runs and you intiialize $tableArray to "empty" binary search is not going to ever find what your looking for and will return @error = 3 everytime and will always go into the if statememnt that does nothing.

[icarrion]

Not entirely sure about this but when your code runs and you intiialize $tableArray to "empty" binary search is not going to ever find what your looking for and will return @error = 3 everytime and will always go into the if statememnt that does nothing.

Here is the goal I'm trying to accomplish.

The program should reside in mem (ie While loop) and wait until a program is run (ie: Check active windows or $var = WinList("create")), after it finds the window that matches it will run another app separately lets call it the helper app. So for every main app that appears or opens it will need a helper app to acompany it.

Seems easy enough, but the problem is that I can only open up 1 helper app per main app so that is why I'm having to search an array of already opened windows. So if the new window has not already been added then it should run the helper app and add it to the array of opened windows, but if it's already been added to the array then do nothing.

[Jos]

How do you know that @error returns 1 ?

Couldn't it be 3 ? (3 = If the item wasn't found in the array)

[icarrion]

How do you know that @error returns 1 ?

Couldn't it be 3 ? (3 = If the item wasn't found in the array)

Outputs a blank instead of a 0.

[Jos]

Outputs a blank instead of a 0.

No idea what you mean..... did you check the @error value ?