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== Access an item of an array or associative array ==
 
== Access an item of an array or associative array ==
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<syntaxhighlight lang="s2">
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var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
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var string{} fruits = {"apple" => "red", "lemon" => "yellow", "grape" => "purple"};
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## Accessing an array
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# sock
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print $items[0];
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# pants
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print $items[1];
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## Accessing an associative array
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# red
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print $fruits{"apple"};
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# yellow
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print $fruits{"lemon"};
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# purple
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print $fruits{"grape"};
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
== Cycle through all the items of an array or associative array ==
 
== Cycle through all the items of an array or associative array ==
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Please see the recipes:
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* [[S2_Cookbook:_Logic_and_Flow_Control#Cycle_through_every_member_of_an_array|Cycle through every member of an array]]
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* [[S2_Cookbook:_Logic_and_Flow_Control#Cycle_through_every_member_of_an_associative_array|Cycle through every member of an associative array]]
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== Get the number of items in an array or associative array ==
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Use the <code>size</code> keyword:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="s2">
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var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
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var int items_length = size $items;
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var string{} fruits = {"apple" => "red", "lemon" => "yellow", "grape" => "purple"};
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var int fruits_length = size $fruits;
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# Items: 5; Fruits: 3
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print "Items: $items_length; Fruits: $fruits_length";
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
== Get the last item of an array ==
 
== Get the last item of an array ==
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When you use a negative number as the index to an array, the count starts from the end of the array:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="s2">
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var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
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# scarf
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print $items[-1];
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# skirt
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print $items[-2];
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</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
== Get a random array item ==
 
== Get a random array item ==
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Use the <code>rand</code> function to get an index within the array's range:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="s2">
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var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
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# goes from 0 to size-1 in indexing
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var int random = rand(0, size $items - 1 );
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var string pick = $items[$random];
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print "Pick: $pick (item $random)";
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</syntaxhighlight>
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You can even do it entirely inline:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="s2">
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var string pick = $items[rand(0, size $items - 1 )];
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</syntaxhighlight>
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== Reverse an array ==
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Use the <code>reverse</code> keyword to reverse an array:
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<syntaxhighlight lang="s2">
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var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
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# scarf, skirt, shirt, pants, sock,
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foreach var string item ( reverse $items ) {
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    print "$item, ";
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}</syntaxhighlight>
  
 
[[Category: S2 Cookbook]]
 
[[Category: S2 Cookbook]]

Latest revision as of 19:03, 10 August 2010

Access an item of an array or associative array

var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
var string{} fruits = {"apple" => "red", "lemon" => "yellow", "grape" => "purple"};
 
## Accessing an array

# sock
print $items[0];
# pants
print $items[1];
 
## Accessing an associative array

# red
print $fruits{"apple"};
# yellow
print $fruits{"lemon"};
# purple
print $fruits{"grape"};

Cycle through all the items of an array or associative array

Please see the recipes:

Get the number of items in an array or associative array

Use the size keyword: 

var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
var int items_length = size $items;
 
var string{} fruits = {"apple" => "red", "lemon" => "yellow", "grape" => "purple"};
var int fruits_length = size $fruits;
 
# Items: 5; Fruits: 3
print "Items: $items_length; Fruits: $fruits_length";

Get the last item of an array

When you use a negative number as the index to an array, the count starts from the end of the array: 

var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
# scarf
print $items[-1];
# skirt
print $items[-2];

Get a random array item

Use the rand function to get an index within the array's range: 

var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
# goes from 0 to size-1 in indexing
var int random = rand(0, size $items - 1 );
var string pick = $items[$random];
print "Pick: $pick (item $random)";

You can even do it entirely inline: 

var string pick = $items[rand(0, size $items - 1 )];

Reverse an array

Use the reverse keyword to reverse an array: 

var string[] items = ["sock", "pants", "shirt", "skirt", "scarf"];
 
# scarf, skirt, shirt, pants, sock, 
foreach var string item ( reverse $items ) {
    print "$item, ";
}
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