Not a utility, but here's a way of displaying a multilevel array so you can see its structure.
-- Peter Peter M. Brigham [email protected] http://home.comcast.net/~pmbrig ------- function displayArray @pArray, pFullData, _pDimension -- by Peter M. Brigham, [email protected] — freeware -- adapted from a handler by Trevor DeVore -- displays an array as an outline-style list -- most useful for multidimensional arrays, to see the structure -- if an element of the array contains more than one line, -- the first line only will be displayed (less confusing to look at) -- if you want to see the full data then pass pFullData = true -- _pDimension is an internally used parameter -- pArray is referenced to avoid duplicating large arrays in memory, -- but the array is not altered by this function -- call it like this: put displayArray(tArray) into fld "peruse" -- requires makestring() if _pDimension is empty then put 0 into _pDimension if pFullData = empty then put false into pFullData put ": " into divString put the keys of pArray into theKeys if line 1 of theKeys is a number then sort theKeys numeric else sort theKeys end if repeat for each line theKey in theKeys if pArray[theKey] is an array then put makeString(space,_pDimension*3) & theKey & cr after theText put pArray[theKey] into theTempArray put displayArray(theTempArray, pFullData, _pDimension + 1) after theText else if pFullData then put makeString(space,_pDimension*3) & theKey & ":" \ && pArray[theKey] & cr after theText else put pArray[theKey] into tElement put empty into tTrailer if the number of lines of tElement > 1 then put " ..." into tTrailer end if put makeString(space,_pDimension*3) & theKey & divString \ & (line 1 of tElement) & tTrailer & cr after theText end if end if end repeat return theText end displayArray function makeString pChar, n -- returns a string of n characters (pChar) -- no repeat loop! -- by Peter M. Brigham, [email protected] — freeware -- improved by Richard Gaskin set the linedel to pChar put pChar into line n of temp return temp end makeString On Mar 15, 2015, at 2:19 PM, Mike Bonner wrote: > If you are just trying to get a handle on the structure, and how to pull > out specific chunks, you can declare it global, and use the message box to > poke around. > > If its global, in the multiline msg box declare it too, and "put the keys > of... " > Then adjust it to look at subkey contents, poking around till you figure > out where things are. > > And now i'm wondering if anyone has built an array browser utility? > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Scott Rossi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Try: if myArray is an array >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Scott Rossi >> Creative Director >> Tactile Media, UX/UI Design >> >> >> >> >> On 3/15/15, 9:50 AM, "Graham Samuel" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Still struggling with arrays: no results, no error messages, no dataŠ >>> will get there no doubt. While trying to get there, I tried >>> >>> put exists(myArray[³gpx²]) >>> >>> I got Œfalse¹, but the IDE seems to say that the top key in this >>> multidimensional array is ³gpx², so why isn¹t it true? >>> >>> Puzzled on a wet Sunday afternoonŠ >>> >>> Graham >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
