Array-in-array routines for AutoIT

[BertKerkhof]

I always liked to work with Clipper. Whit that Dbase compiler it was easy to extend array's and juggle with rows and columns. It is pleasant that this is also feasible in AutoIT.

Many available functions operate on a single dimension array only. One of the advantages of the routines I published today, is that it is easy to retrieve and process a single array and restore it afterwards in multidimensional space. This reduces the need to double code for both one- and two dimensional situations.

With strings you never run into an out-of-bound error. Whether you try copying a negative number of bytes or retrieve bytes from above the length of the string, elegantly a zero byte string is returned. Make a start with this new set of functions to experience the same user-friendly plan with array's. Once you have the hang of it, you will see that the use of lists-in-lists is more versatile than square 2D arrays.

The module is named after a dutch chocolate maker. For the recursive visual effect, see:

           https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droste_effect   

Build and comment on this basic starters set:

           https://github.com/BertKerkhof/aDrosteArray

 

[Jos]

Nice!

This probably is difficult to translate for none Dutch speaking members :

; aStringFindAll :
  Local $S = "De kapper kapt knap maar de knecht van de knappe kapper kapt knapper dan de knappe kapper kappen kan"
  MsgBox(64, "Positions in string of 'kapper'", rRecite(aStringFindAll($S, "kapper"), ", "))

Jos

[Earthshine]

nice work. I would like that chocolate too.

edit, this is REALLY cool stuff. Thanks!

Edited April 23, 2018 by Earthshine

[czardas]

Interesting example. I sometimes create lists of executable strings for various purposes - similar to this. It is possible to extend the 64 dimension limit using these techniques, but I can't imagine why anyone would do that. Good work.

Edited July 15, 2018 by czardas