How to save an array?

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Cancerian

(Posted 2004) [#1]

Hi, I'm a recent convert from Dark Basic and I'm still getting used to some of the nuances of Blitz (although it's been much easier to pick up than I thought it would be). I'm wondering what sort of method you would use to save the contents of an array and then load them back in, like the Load Array / Save Array commands from DB?

Thanks!

ZombieWoof

(Posted 2004) [#2]

AFIAK you have to loop the array and save each element, maybe someone that knows more BB can correct me :)

Bot Builder

(Posted 2004) [#3]

ZombieWoof is correct.

Here is how I would save/load an integer array. Sadly you cannot pass an array as a function :/

Dim MyArray(100)

file=WriteFile("MyArray.dat")
For a=0 to 100
 WriteInt file,MyArray(a)
Next
CloseFile file

file=OpenFile("MyArray.dat")
For a=0 to 100
 MyArray(a)=ReadInt(file)
Next
CloseFile file

I wrote this in browser so it might be buggy

Cancerian

(Posted 2004) [#4]

Okay, thanks. I didn't want to go creating a function to do that if there was a simpler way. No big deal, though :)

Thanks!