Assign an array to a variable

Is there a way to assign an array to a variable? For example, if I define arrays in the Global Variables, then I want to assign these arrays to a local variable. I tried something like:

treenodearray a1;
a1 = globalA1;

The above code won't compile and Flexsim just silently (without popping-up) output a message:
"Could not finish parsing because of previous errors." in the compile window and won't tell you which line causing the problem.

Then I think maybe I can create a command to copy the array. But since I cannot pass array as a parameter, this is not an option either.

Any idea? Since array is such a common type in a programming language, I really think the array operations should be improved for the next release of Flexsim.

Thanks.

Look up the command makearray in the command list. It should help you further . If you use:

treenodearray a1 = globalA1;

it should work.

Martijn

Thanks Martijin.

The following code work:

intarray a1=makearray(2);
fillarray(a1,1,2);
intarray a3=a1;
for(int i=1;i<=2;i++){
    pd(a3[i]);pr();
}

The following code won't work:

intarray a1=makearray(2);
fillarray(a1,1,2);
intarray a2=makearray(2);
fillarray(a2,3,4);
intarray a3=a1;
int con=1;
if(con)
    a3=a2;
for(int i=1;i<=2;i++){
    pd(a3[i]);pr();
}

So you could not really assign an array to a variable. Problem remains.

In the second case you've already defined the integer array as a copy of a1. If you want the values of a2 to be copied again afterwards you can use a for loop as you did to print the values:

for( int i = 1; i <= 2; i++ )
{
a2[i] = a3[i];
}

you can put this in a user function and if you like.

Martijn

Can I pass an array into a user command? How?

I was thinking to pass a value and call the user command for each value you set, but that wouldn't make sense.

Martijn

This thread gives an example of working with multi-dimensional arrays in flexscript that you might find useful.