Creating array

[vladoportos]

Hello all,
I know this is a "noob" question but I'm kind of stack on it.

I have small application that take all files from given folder and put it to DB ( SQLite ) and than display in Datagrid.

What I'm trying to do is to have the type of file separated like exe, zip, jpg etc... but rom the list I can't just set delimiter to "." and take the last item as there can be dot in name of file, or it don't have .<something> at all so it doesn't work all the time.

I thought that I create array of most used file extensions eg:

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put "exe,rar,html,htm,bin,zip,pdf,mp3,jpg,wmv,avi,tif,ppt,mov,doc,docx,mpg,psd,sitx,sit,cdr,ai,xls,mp4,txt,m4a,rmvb,gif,swf,png,dat,chm,jar,iso,flv,cda,7z,fla,jpeg,3gp,aiff,cdl,vob,xtm,ace,m4p,pst,ttf,bin,ifo,tgz,log,dll,ram,torrent,ses,vcd,bat,sql,cbr,pub" into vExt

and than create array from that and later in code I search if the last item of file name match any of this and if yes than it should write it DB in separate row...

I'm stuck on how to create array automatically from the long variable..

I know it should probably look like:

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   set itemDel to ","
   repeat for each item in vExt
      <something to create array>
   end repeat 

I'm quite new to LiveCode so have patience

Regards,
Vladimir

[dunbarx]

Hi.

Try this in a button script:

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on mouseUp
   put "exe,rar,html,htm,bin,zip,pdf,mp3,jpg,wmv,avi,tif,ppt,mov,doc,docx,mpg,psd,sitx,sit,cdr,ai,xls,mp4,txt,m4a,rmvb,gif,swf,png,dat,chm,jar,iso,flv,cda,7z,fla,jpeg,3gp,aiff,cdl,vob,xtm,ace,m4p,pst,ttf,bin,ifo,tgz,log,dll,ram,torrent,ses,vcd,bat,sql,cbr,pub" into vExt
   
   repeat with y = 1 to the number of items of vExt
      put item y of vExt into yourArray[y}
   end repeat
   
   set itemdel to "-"
   combine yourArray with return and "-"
   sort yourArray numeric by item 1 of each
   put yourArray into  fld "yourField"
   
end mouseUp

You will need a field "yourField" to see the results. Note that the array you are building is complete after the repeat loop ends. The rest of the handler deconstructs it so it can be displayed in a field.

Craig Newman

[dave_probertGA6e24]

Or you could simply use:

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split vExt by comma

This will convert vExt from a string to an array - splitting each part by a comma.

It's in the dictionary

Hope that helps.
Dave

[vladoportos]

Thanks both, Daves solution is the simplest

[snm]

Drag DataGrid and button onto your stack.
Add needed columns into DataGrid in Inspector > Columns pane, and name them (ex.: "Nr" and "ext")
Put script to button:

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on mouseUp
   local vExt,yourArray
   
   put "exe,rar,html,htm,bin,zip,pdf,mp3,jpg,wmv,avi,tif,ppt,mov,doc,docx,mpg,psd,sitx,sit,cdr,ai,xls,mp4,txt,m4a,rmvb,gif,swf,png,dat,chm,jar,iso,flv,cda,7z,fla,jpeg,3gp,aiff,cdl,vob,xtm,ace,m4p,pst,ttf,bin,ifo,tgz,log,dll,ram,torrent,ses,vcd,bat,sql,cbr,pub" into vExt
      
   repeat with y = 1 to the number of items of vExt
      put y into yourArray[y]["Nr"]
      put item y of vExt into yourArray[y]["ext"]
      --put anythingElse into yourArray[y][anythingElse]
   end repeat
   
   set the dgData of grp "DataGrid" to yourArray
      
end mouseUp

Then click the button.
Is it what you asked about?

Marek

[dunbarx]

Dave's offering is certainly the most compact.

But I think you should do it the long way until you are more comfortable with arrays. For example, Dave's method, using only a single delimiter, automatically creates an array with numeric keys. Well, so did mine, but I did so by explicitly assigning numeric keys in each pass of a repeat loop. There are times, more often than not, actually, when you want arrays built with keys of your own design.

Names associated with addresses, for example.

Anyway, the right way to learn this is to build arrays. Can you write a script that makes an array with two delimiters, with non numeric keys? How about that address book thingie?

Craig Newman

[dave_probertGA6e24]

I have to agree with Craig about doing things the long way until you are happy with the language - it does make for better learning.

Dave

PS, you can also do:

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split vString by comma and tab 

to do a two dimension break of a string into an array.