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Great to hear things are working now! 😀

@Jos Apologies, it was due to getting replies from others trying to help. So, yes I just made a complete new set up with all the portable packages, no installation files, then updated to the beta version and all is good now. Thank you so much for your time. Sorry, I should've done that first before asking for help. 🙃

Hello Again! I previously stumbled upon a topic asking for maps datatype's instructions... I too wasn't sure what a map is until I tried it... So I am making this topic to help other newbies (and some oldbies) better understand the Maps datatype of AutoIt! Lets start! A Note for Readers The maps datatype is still in development and is currently in Alpha Stage (More Risky than Beta) and its unstable, so AutoIt can crash indefinably while using Maps! I can't guarantee if this will be implemented in stable versions, this is a fairly new thing to AutoIt coders & in my honest opinion I don't see any use for it Maps are the best datatype in AutoIt, Very Useful ... Not hurting anyone though . Also the maps datatype is DISABLED IN STABLE VERSIONS, So you need to install the latest beta version of AutoIt to make maps work . If you find any bugs while using a map, please report it in the Official Bug Tracker Introduction To Maps Maps are just like arrays, instead they use "keys" to access elements inside them... A key can be either a string or an integer (Other datatypes work too but they are converted to a integer [Equivalent to Int($vKey)] before assignment [Source]). Although Integers don't represent the order of elements in a map unlike in an array... Declaring Maps Its similar to declaring an Array: ; This is the only way to declare a map ; You must have a declarative keyword like Dim/Global/Local before the declaration unless the map is assigned a value from a functions return Local $mMap[] ; Don't insert any numbers or strings it! Simple, Isn't it? Using Maps Using maps is similar to arrays (again!): Local $mMap[] ; Lets declare our map first! ; Adding data to maps is easy... ; This is our key ; | ; v $mMap["Key"] = "Value" ; <--- And our value! ; A key is Case-Sensitive meaning "Key" is not same as "key"! $mMap["key"] = "value" ; Not the same as $mMap["Key"]! ; There are 2 different ways to access an element in a map $mMap["Key"] ; 1st Method $mMap.Key ; 2nd Method Enumerating Maps Its quite easy to enumerate through arrays but what about maps? how can I enumerate through them!? #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; Lets create our map first Local $mMap[] ; Lets add some information to the map, feel free to modify & add new elements $mMap["Name"] = "Damon Harris" $mMap["Alias"] = "TheDcoder" $mMap["Gender"] = "Male" $mMap["Age"] = 14 $mMap["Location"] = "India" $aMapKeys = MapKeys($mMap) ; MapKeys function returns all the keys in the format of an array Local $sProfile = "Profile of " & $mMap["Name"] & ':' & @CRLF ; We will use this string later For $vKey In $aMapKeys ; We use this to get the keys in a map :) $sProfile &= @CRLF & $vKey & ': ' & $mMap[$vKey] ; Add some details to the profile string using our map! Next MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_OK, "Profile", $sProfile) ; Finally display the profile :) It is easy as always Multi-Dimensional Maps Now now... I know that you are a little confused that how can an multi-dimensional maps exist... Although I am not 100% sure if its called that but lets continue: #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3> ; Multi-Dimensional maps are just maps in a map Local $mMapOfMapsvilla[] ; This map will store an other map Local $mParkMap[] ; This Park map will be inserted in the Mapsvilla's map :P $mMapOfMapsvilla["Map Item 1"] = "Town Hall" $mMapOfMapsvilla["Map Item 2"] = "Police Station" $mMapOfMapsvilla["Map Item 3"] = "Shopping Mall" $mMapOfMapsvilla["Map Item 4"] = "Residential Area" $mMapOfMapsvilla["Map Item 5"] = "Park" $mParkMap["Map Item 1"] = "Cottan Candy Stand" $mParkMap["Map Item 2"] = "Public Toilet" $mParkMap["Map Item 3"] = "Woods" $mMapOfMapsvilla.Park = $mParkMap MsgBox($MB_OK, "Map Location", $mMapOfMapsvilla["Map Item 1"]) ; Will display Town Hall MsgBox($MB_OK, "Map Location", $mMapOfMapsvilla.Park["Map Item 1"]) ; Will display Cottan Candy Stand I am sure its easy for you to understand now Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) & Their answers Q #1. Help! My code does not respond to anything (or) I get an "Variable subscript badly formatted" error on the line of declaration... A. DONT USE F5 or Go, Instead use Alt + F5 or Tools -> Beta Run in SciTE (Make sure that you have Beta installed) Q #2. Why are you using "m" in-front of every map variable? A. Best coding Practices: Names of Variables Q #3. What are "Elements" which you mention frequently??? A. This is a newbie question (I have no intention of insulting you ), so I guess you are new to programming. "Elements" are data slots inside a Map (or an Array), you can imagine elements as individual variable which are stored in a Map. You can access them using "keys", Please refer to "Introduction to Maps" section at the starting of this post Q #4. Are Maps faster than Arrays? A. You need to understand that Maps have different purpose than Arrays. Maps are designed to store data dynamically (like storing information for certain controlIDs of GUI) and Arrays are designed to store data in a order (for instance, Storing every character of a string in an element for easy access). If you still want to know then if Maps are faster, then the answer is maybe... Maps are *supposed* (I am not sure ) to be faster in addition of elements (while Arrays are painfully slow while adding or removing elements). Here (Post #24) is a benchmark (Thanks kealper! ) More FAQs coming soon! Feel free to ask a question in the mean while

_WD_FindElement is successful, but _WD_ElementAction fails. I suggest running with $_WD_DEBUG = $_WD_DEBUG_Full so that you get the complete details in the console output.

I've entered it into SciTE, but I can't click Tools/Go as it's greyed out. Anyway, I've just downloaded the latest AutoIT.zip and SciTE Portable, updated to the beta and it's working good now, probably shoulda done that first! Thanks for your help, much appreciated.

I haven't read the whole thread, but in case you have issues then please show the output of SciTEConfig -> "Other Tools" -> "Run SutoIt3/SciTE check" with me, so I can see what the active config is and your environment settings. You can PM then when you don't want to share it here.

hey, this thread doesn't get much love, but just wanted to say thanks for this, I use the vector operations (cosine similarity, primarily) to compare embeddings and do RAG (retrieval augmented generation) with LLMs

Nope, still getting the same problem, even without applying my settings! I can't take a screenshot either, because when SciTE window loses focus, the selection appears transparent! It's only when the window is in focus that the selection becomes opaque! EDIT: Managed to get a screenshot of it. This is after I removed SciTEUser.properties.

I modified it because it wasn't unregister the hotkeys

E4A Version 5.5 is released. This is a minor update, mainly providing more support for binary operations on matrices of integer type, notably in file I/O, bitwise & logical operations on a single matrix cell value, CwiseScalarOps with logical operators (+ parsed value), reversing the bit-order in all cells of a matrix (part) with new CwiseUnaryOp operator #37 ("reverseBits"), and Rowwise Pack/Unpack functions for converting integer cells to/from 32 individual bits, 4 bytes, or 2 words. A new test script (#32: BitAndByteOps.au3 in the .\EigenTest subdirectory) illustrates various features. Full details can be found in the History page of the online Help (note that as of this version, the .chm Helpfile is no longer supported/present; just download the latest online Help if you need an offline version). Hope it helps.

It seems that there are no issues using Scripting.Dictionary #include <Array.au3> Local $a[11] = [1, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] Local $b[12] = [1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 14] Local $sda = ObjCreate("Scripting.Dictionary") Local $sdb = ObjCreate("Scripting.Dictionary") Local $sdc = ObjCreate("Scripting.Dictionary") For $i In $a $sda.Item($i) Next For $i In $b $sdb.Item($i) Next For $i In $a If $sdb.Exists($i) Then $sdc.Item($i) Next $asd3 = $sdc.Keys() For $i In $asd3 If $sda.Exists($i) Then $sda.Remove($i) If $sdb.Exists($i) Then $sdb.Remove($i) Next $asd1 = $sda.Keys() $asd2 = $sdb.Keys() _ArrayDisplay($asd1, "$asd1") _ArrayDisplay($asd2, "$asd2") _ArrayDisplay($asd3, "$asd3")