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Newcomers AppGameKit Corner / [SOLVED] Search in Array of Type

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bembulak
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Posted: 15th Apr 2022 22:09
Hi all,

can anyone explain how I have to use custom Types with Arrays?

I could manage to define my own Type, make variables of it and even add them to an Array.

But I can't figure out how to search in the Array for one of the types. It's not that I can't find anything (getting -1 as result), but I get an error, that I can't explain.



Thank you!
Cheers,

> not a native speaker | AppGameKit Classic T1+T2 | AppGameKit Studio T1 + T2

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hendron
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Posted: 16th Apr 2022 01:09
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You actually can't search arrays of User Defined Types using a type instance as the search field. Whenever you sort an array of UDTs, the array is sorted using the first field of the UDT. In your case, the array is being sorted by the x field whenever you use insertSorted(). Usually if I need to have a sorted array of UDT's I will make the first field some sort of ID field, whether it be an integer or a string.

bembulak
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Posted: 16th Apr 2022 10:18
Thank you hendron.
The hint with the first field of type is also mentioned in the documentation, but I could not make any sense of it, especially when it comes to the find-function. It's just briefly explained (and IMHO needs an update/extension/example).

Your example fills the blanks for me.
Cheers,

> not a native speaker | AppGameKit Classic T1+T2 | AppGameKit Studio T1 + T2
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Posted: 17th Apr 2022 06:27
I'll also mention that arrays have an .indexof function that works on unsorted arrays. However, it has a bug in it. Hopefully they will fix it.

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