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ArrayListKeys

Script function

world.ArrayListKeys

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Type

Method

Summary

Gets the list of all the keys in an array

Prototype

VARIANT ArrayListKeys(BSTR Name);

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Description

Returns an array of all the keys in the nominated array. You could use this to then examine the value for each key (using ArrayGet).

You can also use ArrayListValues if all you are interested in is the values but not the keys they belong to.


Available in MUSHclient version 3.46 onwards.



VBscript example

dim keyList

keyList = ArrayListKeys ("spells")

If Not IsEmpty (keyList) Then
  
  For Each k In keyList 
    world.note k & " = " & ArrayGet ("spells", k)
  Next

End If


Lua example

for k, v in pairs (ArrayListKeys ("spells")) do 
  Note (v) 
end

-- alternative - show keys and values:

table.foreach (ArrayList ("spells"), print)

-- show a particular value:

spells = ArrayList ("spells")
print (spells.dragonskin)


Lua notes

If the array does not exist, or is empty, Lua returns nil.

There is an extension for Lua only - ArrayList - which returns both keys and values.

See above example. The key of the table is the array key, the value is the array value.


Return value

If there are no elements in the nominated array then the return value is empty. Use "IsEmpty" to test for this possibility.

Otherwise, it returns a variant array containing the names of all the keys in this array.

Use "lbound" and "ubound" to find the bounds of the array of keys (ie. the number of keys in the list). You can then use "ArrayGet" to find the values for each key.


See Also ...

Topics

Arrays
Plugins
Scripting
Variables

Functions

(ArrayClear) Clears an array
(ArrayCount) Returns the number of arrays
(ArrayCreate) Creates an array
(ArrayDelete) Deletes an array
(ArrayDeleteKey) Deletes a key/value pair from an array
(ArrayExists) Tests to see if the specified array exists
(ArrayExport) Exports values from an array into a single string
(ArrayExportKeys) Exports keys from an array into a single string
(ArrayGet) Gets the value of an array item
(ArrayGetFirstKey) Gets the key of the first element in the array (if any)
(ArrayGetLastKey) Gets the key of the last element in the array (if any)
(ArrayImport) Imports values into an array from a single string
(ArrayKeyExists) Tests to see if the specified array key exists
(ArrayListAll) Gets the list of arrays
(ArrayListValues) Gets the list of all the values in an array
(ArraySet) Sets the value of an array item
(ArraySize) Returns the number of elements in a specified array

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