Accessing a variable with an array element.

[Tyranna]

Global $Active0 , $Active1 , $Active2

$array[3][3] = [ _
[ "Tyranna"     , $Active0 , "My Street ] , _
[ "AutoIt"      , $Active1 , "Your Street" ] , _
[ "Version3"    , $Active2 , "Their Street ]]

Func Main() 

    $Active0 = 1
    $Active1 = 0
    $Active2 = 1
    
    Output()
    
EndFunc

Func Output()

    For $i = 0 to 2
        For $i = 0 to 2
            ConsoleWrite( $array[$i][0] , $array[$i][1] , $array[$i][2] )
        Next
    Next

EndFunc

I want to be able to access the current value of a variable through an array element somewhat like this.
The middle array element when accessed needs to return the current value of the variable.

Is there a way to say  "value of" array[0][1] , "value of" array[1][1], "value of" array[2][1] ?

Edited July 18, 2018 by Tyranna

[FrancescoDiMuro]

7 minutes ago, Tyranna said:

Is there a way to say  "value of" array[0][1] , "value of" array[1][1], "value of" array[2][1] ?

For $i = 0 To UBound($arrSomeArray) - 1
    ConsoleWrite("The value of " & "$arrSomeArray[" & $i & "][1] is " & $arrSomeArray[$i][1] & @CRLF)
Next

[Tyranna]

That displays the current value of the array element , not the current value of the varible , which is what i want to capture.

 

[FrancescoDiMuro]

How is your array made?

The one in the first post has only one variable, and it is at index 1 of the array ( $Active0 ).

Edited July 18, 2018 by FrancescoDiMuro

[Earthshine]

whatever it is, it doesn't compile even. on top of that, when i got it to compile your loop has array dimension errors. 

Edited July 18, 2018 by Earthshine

[Tyranna]

Well , maybe I am not clear.  What I am trying to do is access the current value of the $Active variables by accessing an array element.
I am creating or reading in the array first and then changing the variable values and want to access the new values by accessing the
array elements.   I want to somehow link the array element and the CURRENT variable value without reloading the array. Maybe making the
array element a pointer to the other variable.  Not sure exactly how.

[Tyranna]

Yeah i got a subscript wrong on the loop index , sorry

 

[Earthshine]

I think there is a UDF for such things, check out @LarsJ stuff. Have a search on the forum for the array stuff, I think you can make arrays of objects

[Earthshine]

here it is. I think what you want may be in that.

 

[Tyranna]

That is about speed of access, what I am really looking for is:

The statement     $temp =  array[0][1]    to return the value of $Avtive0 , not the contents of the array element.

 

[Earthshine]

you might need to look into this

this isn't C so don't expect any miracles. No pointers here.

Edited July 18, 2018 by Earthshine

[Tyranna]

Yeah , I have seen that one before , but I really do not want to jump through a dozen hoops to get a variable value.

What about making the Array element a string , and doing some kind of expansion on it ?  Seems like I have seen something like

that before...

[Earthshine]

I don

9 minutes ago, Tyranna said:

Yeah , I have seen that one before , but I really do not want to jump through a dozen hoops to get a variable value.

you may not have much choice here except to write it in C or C++

[BrewManNH]

Try this:

Global $Active0, $Active1, $Active2

Global $array[3][3] = [["Tyranna", "Active0", "My Street "], ["AutoIt", "Active1", "Your Street"], ["Version3", "Active2", "Their Street "]]
Main()
Func Main()

    $Active0 = 1
    $Active1 = 0
    $Active2 = 1

    Output()

EndFunc   ;==>Main

Func Output()

    For $i = 0 To 2
        ConsoleWrite("$Active" & $i & " = " & Eval($array[$i][1]) & @CRLF)
    Next

EndFunc   ;==>Output

 

[Earthshine]

very nice @BrewManNH

Edited July 18, 2018 by Earthshine

[Tyranna]

This is the ANSWER!

Thanks.  Looks like all you have to do is  remove the $ from the front of the variable name in the array ,  and EVAL grabs the global variables value...

I just tested it and it seems to run correct .

All smiles now. 8)

[FrancescoDiMuro]

@Tyranna

The @BrewManNH solution is what I was saying...

 

[Malkey]

If this is what you were after in BrewManNH's example,

ConsoleWrite("$Active" & $i & " = " & Eval($array[$i][1]) & @CRLF)

then this does the same thing (in BrewManNH's example).

ConsoleWrite("$Active" & $i & " = " & Execute("$" & $array[$i][1]) & @CRLF)