• clayasaurus (11/11) Jun 14 2004 hey, right now i'm using a function like this
• Charlie (6/17) Jun 14 2004 array ~= x;
• clayasaurus (5/29) Jun 14 2004 it is just so much nicer to be able to set the contents of an array
• Regan Heath (16/51) Jun 14 2004 No idea.. it works for char[] eg.
• Regan Heath (10/45) Jun 14 2004 To answer this... Yes and No, it's because it's tricky and Walter has no...
• Ivan Senji (3/38) Jun 14 2004 Hopefully D will have this one day.
• J Anderson (8/13) Jun 15 2004 Although I haven't heard anything from Walter, I think this is just one
• Stewart Gordon (11/15) Jun 15 2004 Or
• Ivan Senji (6/21) Jun 15 2004 But this isn't good when you don't want a const array.
• Stewart Gordon (9/17) Jun 15 2004

clayasaurus <clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> writes:

hey, right now i'm using a function like this
to set a dynamic array's properties

int[] array; set3array(array,1,2,3);

void set3array(inout ALfloat[] array, float x, float y, float z)
{
array.length = 3;
array[0] = x;
array[1] = y;
array[2] = z;
}

is there a better way to set array values than this?

Charlie <Charlie_member pathlink.com> writes:

array ~= x;
array ~= y;
array ~= z;

?

C

In article <cal65o$2e3b$1 digitaldaemon.com>, clayasaurus says...
hey, right now i'm using a function like this
to set a dynamic array's properties

int[] array; set3array(array,1,2,3);

void set3array(inout ALfloat[] array, float x, float y, float z)
{
array.length = 3;
array[0] = x;
array[1] = y;
array[2] = z;
}

is there a better way to set array values than this?

clayasaurus <clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> writes:

it is just so much nicer to be able to set the contents of an array 
in one line. 

I like the C way: array[] = {1,2,3}; 

is there a good reason why D doesn't have this? 


In article <cal6us$2fab$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Charlie says...
array ~= x;
array ~= y;
array ~= z;

?

C

In article <cal65o$2e3b$1 digitaldaemon.com>, clayasaurus says...
hey, right now i'm using a function like this
to set a dynamic array's properties

int[] array; set3array(array,1,2,3);

void set3array(inout ALfloat[] array, float x, float y, float z)
{
array.length = 3;
array[0] = x;
array[1] = y;
array[2] = z;
}

is there a better way to set array values than this?

Regan Heath <regan netwin.co.nz> writes:

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:57:57 +0000 (UTC), clayasaurus 
<clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> wrote:
 it is just so much nicer to be able to set the contents of an array
 in one line.

 I like the C way: array[] = {1,2,3};

 is there a good reason why D doesn't have this?

No idea.. it works for char[] eg.

char[] foo = "regan was here";
foo = "bob was here";

probably due to "regan was here" being converted to a char[] implicitly.


This also works...

ubyte[] b;
b = cast(ubyte[])x"010203";

(sets b[0] to 1, b[1] to 2, and b[2] to 3)
but is probably dependant on the endian-ness of the system it is compiled 
on?


I tried to get one like the above working for float, but could not seem to.

Regan

 In article <cal6us$2fab$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Charlie says...
 array ~= x;
 array ~= y;
 array ~= z;

 ?

 C

 In article <cal65o$2e3b$1 digitaldaemon.com>, clayasaurus says...
 hey, right now i'm using a function like this
 to set a dynamic array's properties

 int[] array; set3array(array,1,2,3);

 void set3array(inout ALfloat[] array, float x, float y, float z)
 {
 array.length = 3;
 array[0] = x;
 array[1] = y;
 array[2] = z;
 }

 is there a better way to set array values than this?





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Regan Heath <regan netwin.co.nz> writes:

On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 22:57:57 +0000 (UTC), clayasaurus 
<clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> wrote:
 it is just so much nicer to be able to set the contents of an array
 in one line.

 I like the C way: array[] = {1,2,3};

 is there a good reason why D doesn't have this?

To answer this... Yes and No, it's because it's tricky and Walter has not 
yet implemented it.

I believe this is called an "Array literal", your example above is 
un-ambiguous, but, there are several which are. See the other posts in 
this NG about array literals.

Regan


 In article <cal6us$2fab$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Charlie says...
 array ~= x;
 array ~= y;
 array ~= z;

 ?

 C

 In article <cal65o$2e3b$1 digitaldaemon.com>, clayasaurus says...
 hey, right now i'm using a function like this
 to set a dynamic array's properties

 int[] array; set3array(array,1,2,3);

 void set3array(inout ALfloat[] array, float x, float y, float z)
 {
 array.length = 3;
 array[0] = x;
 array[1] = y;
 array[2] = z;
 }

 is there a better way to set array values than this?





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"Ivan Senji" <ivan.senji public.srce.hr> writes:

"clayasaurus" <clayasaurus_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:calahl$2l33$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 it is just so much nicer to be able to set the contents of an array
 in one line.

 I like the C way: array[] = {1,2,3};

 is there a good reason why D doesn't have this?

Hopefully D will have this one day.

 In article <cal6us$2fab$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Charlie says...
array ~= x;
array ~= y;
array ~= z;

?

C

In article <cal65o$2e3b$1 digitaldaemon.com>, clayasaurus says...
hey, right now i'm using a function like this
to set a dynamic array's properties

int[] array; set3array(array,1,2,3);

void set3array(inout ALfloat[] array, float x, float y, float z)
{
array.length = 3;
array[0] = x;
array[1] = y;
array[2] = z;
}

is there a better way to set array values than this?

J Anderson <REMOVEanderson badmama.com.au> writes:

clayasaurus wrote:

it is just so much nicer to be able to set the contents of an array 
in one line. 

I like the C way: array[] = {1,2,3}; 

is there a good reason why D doesn't have this? 
  

Although I haven't heard anything from Walter, I think this is just one 
of those things on his todo list.  The D form would be:

int array[] = [1,2,3]; 

Note that you can already do:

const int array [] = [1,4,5];


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Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:

J Anderson wrote:

<snip>
 int array[] = [1,2,3];
 Note that you can already do:
 
 const int array [] = [1,4,5];

Or

	static int array[] = [1, 4, 5];

But yes, as said before, it ought to work generally.

http://www.digitalmars.com/drn-bin/wwwnews?D/26695

Stewart.

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"Ivan Senji" <ivan.senji public.srce.hr> writes:

"Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> wrote in message
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 J Anderson wrote:

 <snip>
 int array[] = [1,2,3];
 Note that you can already do:

 const int array [] = [1,4,5];

 Or

 static int array[] = [1, 4, 5];

 But yes, as said before, it ought to work generally.

But this isn't good when you don't want a const array.
I often wanted to write
int[] array = [1,2,x2-x1,y2-y1];

Especially useful it would be for multidimensional arrays.

 http://www.digitalmars.com/drn-bin/wwwnews?D/26695

 Stewart.

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Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> writes:

Ivan Senji wrote:
 "Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998 yahoo.com> wrote in message
 news:camj35$1hod$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 

<snip>
 But yes, as said before, it ought to work generally.

 
 But this isn't good when you don't want a const array.
 I often wanted to write
 int[] array = [1,2,x2-x1,y2-y1];

<snip>

I suppose "generally" would include this just as well.

Stewart.

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