Ok,
But can't the array still be refered to with a number?
So in myarray["something"] is the 50th element in the array, wouldn't:
myarray[49] = myarray["something"]
?
> On Thursday 15 February 2001 01:40, Chris wrote:
>
> > How do I get the index,number of an array if reffering to an array via
> > string? Ex:
> > I have 100 arrays, and I want to know what # myarray["something"] is.
>
> That element doesn't have an index number such arrays are implemented as
> hashes or trees, which don't store data at "fixed positions" (that's a
> very bad explanation, but, well...)
> The "index" is the "key" in this case - in your example it's "something".
>
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