Richard: By the way, the fix was to do: put myVal into myArray[“1”][“name”] instead of myArray[1][“name”] Bill
> On May 4, 2015, at 11:43 AM, William Prothero <proth...@earthednet.org> wrote: > > Richard: > You may be right about inconsistent formatting in the array. > I started the array with: > put myVal into myArray[1][“name”] > Then later do: > put myNextVa; into myArray[“i”][“name”], where i is an index in a repeat loop > So, one would have an integer and the others would be a string of an integer. > > I did the fix and it worked fine. > Still a bug? Seems it should still return the original array. > Best, > Bill > >> On May 3, 2015, at 2:39 PM, Richard Gaskin <ambassa...@fourthworld.com> >> wrote: >> >> William Prothero wrote: >> >>> I found an oddity with arrayEncode and arrayDecode, When I saved an >>> array to a file, first using arrayEncode(myArray), wrote it out as >>> >>> put arrayEncode(myArray) into theEncodedArray >>> put theEncodedArray into URL(“binfile:”&myfile) >>> >>> and then read it back in using >>> put URL(“binfile:”&myFile) into theEncodedArray >>> put arrayDecode(theEncodedArray) into myArray >>> >>> myArray has the first element as a blank entry. It’s not the same >>> array as I started with. >>> >>> My array looks like myArray[1][“name”], myArray[2][“name”], etc >>> >>> This seems like a bug to me. I didn’t get any satisfaction when I set >>> the storage method as text, but then again, I couldn’t find a lesson >>> where that format was specified. But, it seems like whether it’s >>> binary or not, it should still read back in and decode correctly. >> >> It might be a bug, but like many here I do a LOT of work with arrays, and >> with so much user testing, combined with that part of the engine's code base >> being somewhat isolated, I'd double-check the recipe first before submitting >> a bug report. >> >> Unexpected keys can sometimes arise from running split on data that's >> inconsistently formatted. >> >> How is the array created? >> >> -- >> Richard Gaskin >> Fourth World Systems >> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web >> ____________________________________________________________________ >> ambassa...@fourthworld.com http://www.FourthWorld.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
