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Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:58 am**

What is the correct way to change the name of an array element? For example, how do I change myArray["xyz"] to be myArray["abc"].

Thanks,
Pete

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:51 pm**

Hi Pete,

I don't think there is a way to do this in a single line of code. I would do something like this:

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command arrayKeyRename @xArray, pKeyName, pNewKeyName
   local tKeyValue
   put xArray[pKeyName] into tKeyValue
   delete variable xArray[pKeyName]
   put tKeyValue into xArray[pNewKeyName]
end arrayKeyRename

The @ before the first parameter indicates that the array is passed by reference, this allows you to mutate it inside the command and is also faster than passing the value which may be quite large.

You can use it like this:

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on mouseUp
   local tArray
   put "test" into tArray["test1"]
   arrayKeyRename tArray, "test1", "test2"
   put tArray["test2"] --> test
end mouseUp

Hope this helps.

Regards
Oliver

Posted: **Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:25 pm**

Thanks Oliver. I was doing something very similar to what you suggested but hoped there might be a simpler way to do it.
Pete

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