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• • Bombadin
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  • • Joined 27 Mar, 2016
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  • 28 Mar, 2016
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  thanks!

  korbaach: I don't think Dictionary will work exactly for what I'm doing, unless I can store an Array as a data field in an associative array, or vice versa. Actually what I ideally want is an array of dictionaries, like in JS how you make an array of Objects (since in JS an Object and a Dict are the same thing). One thing I didn't mention is that in my actual use case, the array already is a multi-dimensional array ( data for different decks of event cards that I'm loading from CSV files )

  —: Convert to JSON and then parse - I suppose that would work. Seems inefficient to have to serialize an object to a string format and then back again to be able to pass it as a reference or just assign it to another variable, but it's not a performance-critical bit of code so maybe I'll try that.

  blackhornet: ooh, that is sneaky ... one question though, how do I actually pick by UID? I can add System.Object With UID(Function.Param(0)) Exists", but that doesn't seem right.

  Global/local scope isn't really the issue - basically what it comes down to is I'm trying to avoid code duplication. I have some code working with the array, and I want to reuse the same code with each of the arrays, instead of having to duplicate it for each with branching.

  I guess another way to ask the question would be "can a variable refer to an array or other complex object, or variables only String, Float or Bool?'

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• • Bombadin
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  • • Joined 27 Mar, 2016
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  • 28 Mar, 2016
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  Is it possible to pass an array to a function, or reference an array object with a variable?

  I have several different arrays, and I need to select one of them and do something with it. Here's a pseudocode example:

  // Pick a random category of foods to put on display at the supermarket this week
  
  string[] Fruits={"apple","bananna","cherry"};
  string[] Veggies={"celery","daikon radish","rutabaga"};
  string[] Meats={"pork chop","steak sandwich","turducken"};
  
  int foodGroup=Random(0,3);
  
  if  (foodGroup==0) 
    SetupDisplay (Fruits);
  
  else if (foodGroup==1) 
    SetupDisplay(Veggies); 
  
  else if (foodGroup==2) 
    SetupDisplay(Meats); 
  
  void SetupDisplay(string[] foods)
  {
      foreach (string f in foods)
      {
        GroceryStore.AddToDisplay( f );
      }
  }
  [/code:38n9ul8v]
  
  The way I can currently see to do it in CS is like this:
  
  [code:38n9ul8v]
  
  string[] Fruits={"apple","bananna","cherry"};
  string[] Veggies={"celery","daikon radish","rutabaga"};
  string[] Meats={"pork chop","steak sandwich","turducken"};
  
  int foodGroup=Random(0,3);
  
  if  (foodGroup==0) 
  {
     foreach(string f in Fruits)
     {
       GroceryStore.AddToDisplay(f);
     }
  }
  
  else if (foodGroup==1) 
  {
     foreach(string f in Vegges)
     {
       GroceryStore.AddToDisplay(f);
     }
  }
  
  else if (foodGroup==2) 
  {
     foreach(string f in Meats)
     {
       GroceryStore.AddToDisplay(f);
     }
  }
  
  [/code:38n9ul8v]
  
  which is kind of awkward ( I mean, it's ok for this simple example but will start involving a lot of code duplication as it gets more complex).  
  
  thanks in advance for any tips