Lists of Lists? Arrays of Lists?
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| Hi, I'm a little bit of a crossroads and wondered if anyone couldgive me some advice. I need to store several lists of objects. Each list could contain a different number of objects and the number of lists I need to create and maintain will also fluctuate depending on the game state. So basically I need a mechanism by which I can create and access a varying number of lists. I wondered what the best way to do this is - can you have a lists of lists? Or an array of lists? Has anyone done this before and could give me the benefit of their experience? Thanks in advance. |
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| I think list of lists would be good. Quick (and perhaps rubbish) example
mylist1:tlist=CreateList()
mylist2:tlist=CreateList()
mylist3:tlist=CreateList()
ListAddLast(mylist2,"one")
ListAddLast(mylist2,"two")
ListAddLast(mylist2,"three")
ListAddLast(mylist3,"four")
ListAddLast(mylist3,"five")
ListAddLast(mylist1,mylist2)
ListAddLast(mylist1,mylist3)
For Local t:tlist=EachIn mylist1
For x$ = EachIn t
Print x
Next
Next
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| Since a TList is just an Object like any other, you can create as you say, lists of lists, arrays of lists, and even maps of lists (which I find quite handy) Here's how I use TMap and TList (a map containing several lists). Each list is stored in the TMap using a key string, like "win" for a list of windows, "but" for a list of buttons, etc.
' The map
Local controls:TMap = new TMap
' add a list for the type "win"
controls.insert("win", new TList)
' and one for "but"
controls.insert("but", new TList)
' The map now contains 2 separate lists.
' Retrieve the "win" list
Local list:TList = TList(controls.valueForKey("win"))
It's just an example, and one which I find very useful for tracking specific kinds of lists... |
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| OK guys, thanks for the tips. Brucey - TMap? What is it? Cant find any reference to it in the docs? |
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| tmap wiki tmap |
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