Benito van der Zander wrote:
array1[array2[i]] := min(array1[array2[i]], 42); Now, you need to repeat all the array indices. Which is very ugly. So there should be an alternative syntax, similar to += : I.e.: array1[array2[i]] min= 42;
Now *that* is ugly. It would take me quite a while to find out what happens here. What is assigned to what and when? Why making Pascal look like C instead of using C? In the example case I would prefer the original or write if array1[array2[i]]>42 then array1[array2[i]] := 42; or if performance is realy an issue you I would use an intermediate pointer to the array type: var p : ^arrayelementtype; p := @array1[array2[i]]; p^ := min(p^,42); _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal