Can I do this in Glbasic ?. Im wanting to use a variable so that I can update the array a bit more elegantly.
Heres what I want todo
TYPE testArrayType
a
ENDTYPE
GLOBAL atest[] AS testArrayType
LOCAL lab1 AS testArrayType
lab1.a = 1
DIMPUSH atest[], lab1
lab1.a = 2
DIMPUSH atest[], lab1
// so now we have 2 items in the array, atest[0].a = 1 and atest[1].a = 2
// I want to address atest[0] as lab1, do a change and save the change back to atest[0]....
lab1 = atest[0]
lab1.a = 99
DEBUG atest[0].a +" " + atest[1].a
ALIAS
END
There are a few ways to do it if I understand you right in what you want. If you are running a big loop that you want to work on all items in atest[] you use FOREACH ... IN ... ; NEXT
FOREACH temp IN atest[]
temp.a = 90
NEXT
If you just want to operate on one item you could do it like this I believe:
do_it(atest[0])
FUNCTION do_it: temp as testArrayType
temp.a = 90
ENDFUNCTION
ALIAS labl AS atest[124]
labl.x = 123
is that only at compile time tho ?
I'll answer myself now Ive had chance to look at it ....
Works like a charm ..... many thanks