Accessing array elements

[Undeceived 392]

Hello, can someone help me with that, please? :confused:

I have the following array:

Group = ["Ondrej","Marek","Ivan","Jay"];

Due to certain reasons, the elements HAVE to be in the "".

Ok, apart from that I have 4 AI units in the editor with the names Ondrej, Marek, Ivan and Jay.

I want these units to join the player according to the order they have in the array. So what I need is a "connection" between the array elements in the "" and the AI unit names... How can I (in a script) make Ondrej join the player first, Marek secondly, and so on?

Please keep in mind that the element order can be different each time the script launches. E.g.

Group = ["Ondrej","Jay","Marek","Ivan"];

Thanks a lot for your help!

[UltimateBawb 1]

The 'select' function is what you want to use. In SQF you would do something like this:

Group = ["Ondrej","Jay","Marek","Ivan"];

// Group select 0; is "Ondrej"
// Group select 1; is "Jay"
// Group select 2; is "Marek"
// Group select 3; is "Ivan"

[Group select 0] joinSilent (group player); // adds "Ondrej" to player group
[Group select 1] joinSilent (group player); // adds "Jay" to player group
// etc...

Is this what you mean?

[mikie boy 18]

not sure this is what your asking for, but simple iteration using a for loop

_num = count units group; 
for [{_i=0} {_i < _num} {_i = i + i}] do
{
[Group select _i] joinSilent (group player); 
};

[Undeceived 392]

Hey, thanks for your answers.

The problem is that (Group select 0) is "Ondrej", not Ondrej (without the "").

Using [Group select 0] joinSilent player, would be the same as ["Ondrej"] joinSilent player; and this doesn't work. As the unit's name is Ondrej without the "", the join command has to be [Ondrej] joinsilent player;.

That is what I meant when I wrote that somehow I need a "connection" between the array elements in the "" and the AI unit names.

[mikie boy 18]

you returning this from a database?

[UltimateBawb 1]

I know it wouldn't be universal, but wouldn't a quick work around be to have either a switch or multiple if statements like so?:

Group = ["Ondrej","Jay","Marek","Ivan"];

for [{_i = 0} {_i < _num} {_i = i + i}] do {
_unit = [Group select _i];
if (_unit == "Ondrej") then {[Ondrej] joinSilent (group player)};
if (_unit == "Jay") then {[Jay] joinSilent (group player)};
if (_unit == "Marek") then {[Marek] joinSilent (group player)};
if (_unit == "Ivan") then {[ivan] joinSilent (group player)};
};

It would probably be more efficient to dynamically parse each unit object to remove quotation marks when found, but I don't know if that's possible with SQF...

[mikie boy 18]

_dude = toArray(str(group select _i)

make a new array - place each character of _dude into that array. you cant then remove the "" or resize that array accordingly, then use toString to change it back

thats how i used Arma2netmysqlplugin returns - failing that CBA does the job

[celoush 45]

You can try use call compile format. I am not sure about possible performance problems.

{call compile format["[%1] joinSilent (group player)",_x]} forEach ["Ondrej","Jay","Marek","Ivan"];

[Undeceived 392]

You can try use call compile format. I am not sure about possible performance problems.

{call compile format["[%1] joinSilent (group player)",_x]} forEach ["Ondrej","Jay","Marek","Ivan"];

Thanks a lot, the call comply format did the trick! I have no idea what happens :D but it works.

I modified it a little bit so it works with the name of an array.

//Defining the array:
GrpArray = ["Ondrej","Marek","Ivan","Jay"];

//And then Later:
{call compile format["[%1] joinSilent (group player)",_x]} forEach GrpArray;

The units Ondrej, Marek, Ivan and Jay (which have their names without the "") now join the player in the order given in the array.