Anonymous arrays?

[inertial]

In languages like Perl you can create arrays on the fly, so that you can say things like:

myFunc(['a','b','c'])

which saves you having to define the array beforehand if you are just going to use it once.

Does AutoIt3 have a similar feature?

[Linux]

If the function dont use ByRef, you can do that.

But that depends on the funtion, if you try to _arraydisplay([0,0,0]) wont work. Please check the help file for more information.

[PsaltyDS]

If the function dont use ByRef, you can do that.

But that depends on the funtion, if you try to _arraydisplay([0,0,0]) wont work. Please check the help file for more information.

In a word, no. AutoIt does not have anonymous arrays. There used to be a function _ArrayCreate() in the Array.au3 UDF, but it is no longer there. With it, you could do something like this:

_ArrayDisplay(_ArrayCreate(0,1,2))

It would take much to code your own _ArrayCreate() to do that.

[Joscpe]

In a word, no. AutoIt does not have anonymous arrays. There used to be a function _ArrayCreate() in the Array.au3 UDF, but it is no longer there. With it, you could do something like this:

_ArrayDisplay(_ArrayCreate(0,1,2))

It would take much to code your own _ArrayCreate() to do that.

I noticed that, why did they remove _ArrayCreate()?

[PsaltyDS]

I noticed that, why did they remove _ArrayCreate()?

I don't know, they probably decided it wasn't worth bloating the Array.au3 UDF with a function that only saves you one line of native script (DIM/Local/Global).

[inertial]

Thanks for the good responses.

It seems like if enough people actually wanted this feature it wouldn't take much to add some syntactic sugar to the compiler.

But you're right, it is just because I am lazy and want to type in one line what I could in two.

[dbzfanatic]

Actually _ArrayCreate() is still in the Array.au3 file and is still usable. You can create arrays with up to 21 elements with it, you simply won't see it on the list of auto-complete options. To prove a point here is an example.

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#include <Array.au3>

ConsoleWrite("Array length is: " & _ArrayGetLength(_ArrayCreate(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21)) & @CRLF)

; #FUNCTION# ====================================================================================================================
; Name...........: _ArrayGetLength
; Description ...: Gets length of a given array
; Syntax.........: _ArrayGetlength(ByRef $avArray, $iBase)
; Parameters ....: $avArray    - Array to get length of
; Return values .: Success - Returns length of the array
;                  Failure - 0, sets @error:
;                  |1 - $avArray is not an array
;                  |2 - $avArray has too many dimensions (only up to 2D supported)
;                  |3 - Array not set to base 1 or 0
; Author ........: Michael (dbzfanatic)
; Modified.......: 
; Remarks .......:
; Related .......: UBound
; Link ..........;
; Example .......; No
; ===============================================================================================================================
Func _ArrayGetLength($avArray,$iBase = 1)
    Local $iDimension = UBound($avArray, 0), $iUBound = UBound($avArray, 1) - 1, $iSubMax = UBound($avArray, 2) - 1, $i
    If IsArray($avArray) Then ;check to see if variable is an array
        If $iDimension > 2 Then
            Return SetError(2, 0, 0); sets @error = 2, array too large
        EndIf
        $i = UBound($avArray) ;get length of the array
        If $iBase = 1 Then
            Return $i ;return the length of the array
        ElseIf $iBase = 0 Then
            Return $i - 1
        Else
            Return SetError(3,0,0)
        EndIf
    Else
        Return SetError(1,0,0) ;set error code to 1, means variable isn't an array
        ConsoleWrite(@ScriptFullPath & "(" & @ScriptLineNumber & ") : ==> _ArrayGetLength used with non-array variable.:" & @CRLF)
    EndIf
EndFunc   ;==>_ArrayGetLength

and the output to the console is

>"C:\Program Files\autoit3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.exe" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\proof.au3" /autoit3dir "C:\Program Files\AutoIt3" /UserParams

+>03:24:33 Starting AutoIt3Wrapper v.1.10.1.8 Environment(Language:0409 Keyboard:00000409 OS:WIN_VISTA/Service Pack 1 CPU:X86)

>Running AU3Check (1.54.13.0) from:C:\Program Files\AutoIt3

+>03:24:33 AU3Check ended.rc:0

>Running:(3.2.12.1):C:\Program Files\AutoIt3\autoit3.exe "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\proof.au3"

Array length is: 21

+>03:24:33 AutoIT3.exe ended.rc:0

>Exit code: 0 Time: 1.673

Edited August 22, 2008 by dbzfanatic

[BrettF]

I find it easier to create arrays like so:

#include <Array.au3>
Dim $array[10]

$array[0] = "Something"
$array[1] = "Something Else"
$array[2] = "Smith"
$array[3] = "AutoIt"
$array[4] = "Richard"
$array[5] = "Paul"
$array[6] = "George"
$array[7] = "Brett"
$array[8] = "Ron"
$array[9] = "Ian"

_ArrayDisplay ($array)

;But say i needed to add some other infomation into the array.
;For that we can use ReDim, so here we go.

ReDim $array[16]


$array[10] = "Big"
$array[11] = "Things"
$array[12] = "Come"
$array[13] = "In"
$array[14] = "Big"
$array[15] = "Boxes"

_ArrayDisplay ($array)

Remember that the index for the arrays start at 0.

Cheers,

Brett

EDIT: @dbzfanatic: having a look at your code, what is the difference between that and normal UBound()? Just wondering

Edited August 22, 2008 by BrettF

[PsaltyDS]

Actually _ArrayCreate() is still in the Array.au3 file and is still usable. You can create arrays with up to 21 elements with it, you simply won't see it on the list of auto-complete options.

But that is a temporary condition, _ArrayCreate() will go away soon, don't make a habit of using it. From the 3.2.12.1 Prod Array.au3 (same in 3.2.13.7 Beta):

; #NO_DOC_FUNCTION# ================================================

; Not documented - function(s) no longer needed, will be worked out of the file at a later date

; ================================================================

;_ArrayCreate

; ================================================================