What data type is suitable?

Hi everyone,

I have a GUI which has a varying number of fields ( I've used
hiAddFields() & hiDeleteFields() ).
From the data I get, I can create a list of these fields or a list of
their values such as:
( LyrX1 HaloX1 LayTyp1 LyrX2 HaloX2 LayTyp2 LyrX3
HaloX3 LayTyp3 ) ;fieldname
( "met2" 0.3 "dmy" "diff" 0.5 "excl"
"via3" 0.8 "excl" ) ;value

This data is actually showing that for every 1 layer, it has 2 other
corresponding properties.
If it's just 1 property for 1 layer, I'd think of using disembodied
property lists.

Is there a way to store the data into something like below?
LStore(1) -> LyrX1 /*OR*/ LStore(1) -> Layer ;gives "met2"
LStore(3) -> HaloX3 /*OR*/ LStore(3) -> Halo ;gives 0.8
LStore(2) -> HaloX2 /*OR*/ LStore(2) -> Halo ;gives 0.5

I thought of splitting the field / fieldvalue list into lists with
segments of 3's but it seems inefficient.

Any suggestions?
Thanks.

Best regards,
I-FAB

 

I-F AB wrote, on 03/26/09 04:22:

You could use something like this:

LStore=makeTable('LStoreData nil
LStore[1]=list(nil)
LStore[1]->LyrField=LyrX1
LStore[1]->LyrValue="met2"
LStore[1]->HaloField=HaloX1
LStore[1]->HaloValue=0.3

and so on. In other words, use a table to store disembodied property lists. You
could use a defstruct instead of the DPL if you prefer, since the slots are all
known in advance.

I may have misunderstood your question, however...

Regards,

Andrew.

 

Hi,

Thanks for the tip, I've realized I've been under-utilising the DPL
format!
So, suppose I have a list of fields generated from *** -> fieldList:
( LayerExtr1 HaloExtr1 LayTyp1 LayerExtr2 HaloExtr2 LayTyp2 ....
LayTypN)

I can transform them with:
Larr = makeTable( 'ArrayList1 nil )
for( n 1 length(XTFields)/3
Larr[n] = list(nil)
Larr[n]->Type = get(XTForm nthelem(3*n XTFields))->value
Larr[n]->Layer = get(XTForm nthelem(3*n-2 XTFields))->value
Larr[n]->Halo = get(XTForm nthelem(3*n-1 XTFields))->value
)
Now, I can access the data using:
Larr[1]->? , Larr[2]->Halo , Larr[N]->Layer , etc.

Thanks again.

Best regards,
I-FAB