How do I modify a value in an array?

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Hey CS3 world!

Question on best way to approach this situation. Got a game where animals are born (added to an array) but a sprite isn't created. I'm curious how to reference one of the values of the animals in the array (age) so that when the value reaches 50, that animal can be sold.

Thanks all for your help!
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- lionz
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What did you try so far because that's kinda basic if you're already using an array. You would use compare x,y to see if it's 50.
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Hey Lionz. I appreciate you replying and excited to work with you again.

I overstated how far into this array I was and need to back up some. I am only designing this array at the moment in CS3 using these as guides.

construct.net/en/tutorials/arrays-beginners-170
construct.net/en/make-games/manuals/construct-3/plugin-reference/array
I added the array object to the project with the default width/height/depth/elements settings 10/1/1/10 respectfully.

If I view this like an excel spreadsheet, I foresee needing one row for the cows, one row for health.

Is this the correct design (I gather that the cows could be listed by height and the health in a second column)? I want to make sure the health is tied to that animal so that when I run an action against cows with under 50 health, the right cows are selected.

Thank you for your help!
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Sure if each row is a different instance then each column can be a statistic
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Quick snap of the rough draft. Wanting to show the array in a text box so outcomes of the upcoming actions are easy to see, however not sure how to program this.
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0 is 0,0 so that's setting cow and 99 to the same cell. Probably age is at Y=1 so 0,1. If the data already exists in a spreadsheet you can load it into the array.
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You're awesome! May need to get you another coffee, my friend.

Taking what you provided and mixing it with this example (what dop2000 posted in this question > construct.net/en/forum/construct-3/how-do-i-8/array-change-text-value-169551), I've got a better idea of what's going on and can test without asking more dumb questions.

Will update accordingly, but thank you for the quickness of the reply and info.