Associative arrays

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Cocopino

(Posted 2015) [#1]

Hi!

Does Blitzmax have associative arrays? I would like to use those for several purposes, most important being localization, e.g:

messages["file_not_found_error"] = "Sorry, the file could not be found"

I tried using a TList approach but it's both too much typing and too much searching/re-iterating (slow).

Thanks!

Brucey

(Posted 2015) [#2]

No, but you can use a TMap...

SuperStrict

Framework brl.standardio
Import brl.map

Global messages:TMap = new TMap
messages.Insert("file_not_found_error", "Sorry, the file could not be found")

Print String(messages.ValueForKey("file_not_found_error"))
Print Message("file_not_found_error")

' wrap stuff away in a Function/Method
Function Message:String(key:String)
    Return String(messages.ValueForKey(key))
End Function

xlsior

(Posted 2015) [#3]

Just in case you weren't aware, there's a few free localization modules available for Blitzmax that already implement automatic string substitution for localization, such as bah.locale, duct.locale or matibee.mbmframework

Cocopino

(Posted 2015) [#4]

Ah, TMap looks exactly like what I was looking for - many thanks!

Edit: I will also look into the localization - thanks as well :)

Hardcoal

(Posted 2015) [#5]

I never used TMap

Always using TList..

Maybe I need to revise my methods.

GW	(Posted 2015) [#6]

TMaps are great in that they're basically a hash but don't have collisions and lookup, inset and delete are all O(log n).