Array Actions
  • 09 Feb 2022
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Array Actions

appendArrayItem

Append an item to an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

item*

text, expression, variable

the item to append

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItem(myArray,"banana")
# Should return 1
log(myArray.length)

appendArrayItems

Append an array to an array.

Property

Value

Description

destArray*

expression, variable

the array to append to

srcArray*

expression, variable

the array to append


myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
# Should return 3
log(myArray.length)

arrayContains

Check if an array contains a value.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

value*

text, expression, variable

the value to match

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItem(myArray,"banana")
# Should return true
hasBanana = arrayContains(myArray, "banana")
# Should return false
hasApple = arrayContains(myArray, "apple")

copyArray

Make a copy of an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array to copy

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
newArray = copyArray(myArray)
# Should return "banana"
log(newArray[1]) myArray = createArray(10)
# Should return 10
log(myArray.length)

createArray

Create an array.

Property

Value

Description

size

expression, variable

initial size of the array - (default: 0)

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray(10)
# Should return 10
log(myArray.length)

getArrayItem

Get an array item.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

index*

expression, variable

the index of the item to get

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
myItem = getArrayItem(myArray,1)
# Should return "banana"
log(myItem)

getArraySize

Get the size of an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
numItems = getArraySize(myArray)
# Should return 3
log(numItems)

insertArrayItem

Insert an array item.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

index*

expression, variable

the index in the array to insert the item

item*

text, expression, variable

the item

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
insertArrayItem(myArray,2,"plum")
# Should return "apple,banana,plum,pear"
log(myArray)

insertArrayItems

Insert items from one array into another array.

Property

Value

Description

destArray*

expression, variable

the array to insert into

index*

expression, variable

the index in destArray to insert the srcArray

srcArray*

expression, variable

the array to insert

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
insertArrayItems(myArray,1,["orange","grapes"])
# Should return "apple,orange,grapes,banana,pear"
log(myArray)

joinArray

Join the values of the items in an array into a string.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

delimiter

text, expression, variable

the delimeter to inject in between the items in the string (default: none)

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
myString = joinArray(myArray,"::")
# Should return "apple::banana::pear"
log(myString)

removeArrayItem

Remove and return an item from an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

index*

expression, variable

the index of the item to remove

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
removedItem = removeArrayItem(myArray,1)
# Should return "apple,pear"
log(myArray)
# Should return "banana"
log(removedItem)

removeArrayItems

Remove and return items from an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

index*

expression, variable

the starting index of the items to remove

count*

expression, variable

the number of items to remove

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear","grapes","coconut"])
removedItems = removeArrayItems(myArray,1,2)
# Should return "apple,grapes,coconut"
log(myArray)
# Should return "banana,pear"
log(removedItems)

removeLastArrayItem

Remove and return the last item from an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array to remove the last item from

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear","grapes","coconut"])
removedItem = removeLastArrayItem(myArray)
# Should return "apple,banana,pear,grapes"
log(myArray)
# Should return "coconut"
log(removedItem)

reverseArray

Reverse the order of the items in an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array to reverse

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear","grapes"])
reverseArray(myArray)
# Should return "grapes,pear,banana,apple"
log(myArray)

setArrayItem

Set array item.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

index*

expression, variable

the index of the item to set

item*

text, expression, variable

the item

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
setArrayItem(myArray,2,"plum")
# Should return "apple,banana,plum"
log(myArray)

setArraySize

Set the size of an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array

size*

expression, variable

the new size

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear"])
setArraySize(myArray,1)
# Should return "apple"
log(myArray)

sliceArray

Create a new array from a subset of the items in an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the original array

index*

expression, variable

the starting index of the items to be put in the new array

count*

expression, variable

the number of items to put into the new array

returnVariable

expression, variable

name of the variable to be assigned to the return value

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","banana","pear","grapes"])
newArray = sliceArray(myArray,0,2)
# Should return "apple,banana,pear,grapes"
log(myArray)
# Should return "apple,banana"
log(newArray)

sortArray

Sort an array.

Property

Value

Description

array*

expression, variable

the array to sort

ignoreCase

boolean, expression, variable

ignore case when comparing items (default: false)

descending

boolean, expression, variable

sort in descending order (default: false)

keyFields

text, expression, variable

comma separated list of fields or properties to sort on (default: sort based on the string value of each item)

myArray = createArray()
appendArrayItems(myArray,["apple","pear","grapes","banana"])
sortArray(myArray)
# Should return "apple,banana,grapes,pear"
log(myArray)

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