Array Out Of Bounds

[BrettF]

Now this is strange behaviour. I noticed it today while experimenting with GeoSoft. It appears, when you delete an element using _ArrayDelete, it still manages to complete the whole array.

Example 1:

#include <Array.au3>

Dim $avArray[10]
$avArray[0] = "JPM"
$avArray[1] = "Holger"
$avArray[2] = "Jon"
$avArray[3] = "Larry"
$avArray[4] = "Jeremy"
$avArray[5] = "Valik"
$avArray[6] = "Cyberslug"
$avArray[7] = "Nutster"
$avArray[8] = "JdeB"
$avArray[9] = "Tylo"

$orr = UBound ($avArray) -1
For $i = 0 To UBound ($avArray) -1
    ConsoleWrite ($i & "/" & $orr & " out of " & UBound ($avArray) - 1 & " possible elements" & @CRLF)
    If $i = 0 Then
        ConsoleWrite ("Element 8 (" & $avArray[8] & ") was deleted" & @CRLF)
        _ArrayDelete( $avArray,8)
    EndIf
Next

Now the next interesting bit is when a value is hard coded, it is able to exceed the array element total. Example:

#include <Array.au3>

Dim $avArray[10]
$avArray[0] = "JPM"
$avArray[1] = "Holger"
$avArray[2] = "Jon"
$avArray[3] = "Larry"
$avArray[4] = "Jeremy"
$avArray[5] = "Valik"
$avArray[6] = "Cyberslug"
$avArray[7] = "Nutster"
$avArray[8] = "JdeB"
$avArray[9] = "Tylo"

$orr = UBound ($avArray) -1
For $i = 0 To 15
    ConsoleWrite ($i & "/" & $orr & " out of " & UBound ($avArray) - 1 & " possible elements" & @CRLF)
    If $i = 0 Then
        ConsoleWrite ("Element 8 (" & $avArray[8] & ") was deleted" & @CRLF)
        _ArrayDelete( $avArray,8)
    EndIf
Next

That definately should have failed...

Just wondered if this was a bug, or if it was intentional.

Cheers

Brett

EDIT: XP SP2, AutoIt V3.2.10.0

Edited January 25, 2008 by Bert

[randallc]

huh?

[BrettF]

Please tell me how example 2 shouldn't have failed.

[BrettF]

Of course. I'm not thinking straight. Bit of a lack of sleep. The array was never accessed, so it had no reason to fail. Duh! Don't mind me folks...

EDIT: But why does $i still exceed the Ubound in the first example?

EDIT 2:

If I do this (My code before was all wrong. WTF was with my Ubound () -1... mmmmmm... ):

#include <Array.au3>

Dim $avArray[10]
$avArray[0] = "JPM"
$avArray[1] = "Holger"
$avArray[2] = "Jon"
$avArray[3] = "Larry"
$avArray[4] = "Jeremy"
$avArray[5] = "Valik"
$avArray[6] = "Cyberslug"
$avArray[7] = "Nutster"
$avArray[8] = "JdeB"
$avArray[9] = "Tylo"

$orr = UBound ($avArray)
For $i = 0 To UBound ($avArray)
    ConsoleWrite ($i & "/" & $orr & " out of " & UBound ($avArray) & " possible elements [" & $avArray[$i] & "]" & @CRLF)
    If $i = 0 Then
        ConsoleWrite ("Element 8 (" & $avArray[8] & ") was deleted" & @CRLF)
        _ArrayDelete( $avArray,8)
    EndIf
Next

It fails. Mainly from what I can see was because when you deleted the element, then Ubound wasn't updated.

Is that because the value of UBound is recorded by AutoIt, then is used from there in the loop?

Edited January 25, 2008 by Bert

[randallc]

Of course. I'm not thinking straight. Bit of a lack of sleep. The array was never accessed, so it had no reason to fail. Duh! Don't mind me folks...

EDIT: But why does $i still exceed the Ubound in the first example?

EDIT 2:

If I do this (My code before was all wrong. WTF was with my Ubound () -1... mmmmmm... ):

#include <Array.au3>

Dim $avArray[10]
$avArray[0] = "JPM"
$avArray[1] = "Holger"
$avArray[2] = "Jon"
$avArray[3] = "Larry"
$avArray[4] = "Jeremy"
$avArray[5] = "Valik"
$avArray[6] = "Cyberslug"
$avArray[7] = "Nutster"
$avArray[8] = "JdeB"
$avArray[9] = "Tylo"

$orr = UBound ($avArray)
For $i = 0 To UBound ($avArray)
    ConsoleWrite ($i & "/" & $orr & " out of " & UBound ($avArray) & " possible elements [" & $avArray[$i] & "]" & @CRLF)
    If $i = 0 Then
        ConsoleWrite ("Element 8 (" & $avArray[8] & ") was deleted" & @CRLF)
        _ArrayDelete( $avArray,8)
    EndIf
Next

It fails. Mainly from what I can see was because when you deleted the element, then Ubound wasn't updated.

Is that because the value of UBound is recorded by AutoIt, then is used from there in the loop?

Yes, I think.

You have to start at ubound-1 and go step -1 if you are going to use arraydelete in a loop...

Best, Randall

[BrettF]

Yes, I think.

You have to start at ubound-1 and go step -1 if you are going to use arraydelete in a loop...

Best, Randall

Ok. Thanks. I started to confuse myself...

[Valik]

The "Stop" value is calculated once and stored. It is never re-evaluated.

[BrettF]

The "Stop" value is calculated once and stored. It is never re-evaluated.

Figured that Thanks for putting up with my mindless rambles...