How to access array?

[Pundaria 10]

I don't know what is array and how to access it. Dude, teach me... plz. SOS!

[kylania 567]

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Array

[Pundaria 10]

So I use what to type or find "_array = [elementOne, elementTwo, ..., lastElement]" these kinda stuff? ARMAEdit???

[TurokGMT 0]

arrays can be defined in scripts eg:

_myarray = [element0,element1,element2];

specific elements in an existing array can be changed or referenced:

_myelement = _myarray select 3;

_myarray select 3 = _newelement; <--- never tried this, think it should work though =]

you can also pass arguments to a script using arrays:

[soldier,helicopter,[getpos player]] execvm "myawesomescript.sqf";

we're bascially talking about script editing here, which can be done using notepad. Just change the file extension from .txt to .sqf

[Taurus 20]

_myarray select 3 = _newelement; <--- never tried this, think it should work though =]

It could work, haven't tried it either, but when I did dabble around with these things I used:

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Array#Setting_elements

Example

_myarray = ["Rofl", "Kek", "LMAO"];

_myarray set [1, "Hello"]

_myarray is now:

_myarray = ["Rofl", "Hello", "LMAO"];

Please note that the first element in an array is referred to as 0

[Big Dawg KS 6]

_myelement = _myarray select 3;

_myarray select 3 = _newelement; <--- never tried this, think it should work though =]

That will not work. Assignment operators only work with variables. Use set to set the value of array elements.

[TurokGMT 0]

Well that's that sorted then...hope the original question has been answered.

Also nice to get a bit of discussion going about how to fiddle around with arrays - they are a powerful scripting tool which really help when processing the same command for mulitple units or when passing groups around a script.

[whisper 0]

If I'm not mistaken, the BI_function library has some new push/pop array functions for fast addition of elements to arrays