Array as Parameters

[Milena]

In the plugin manager, we can create a function via script via Numbers and Parameters so we can change the value of a var inside the plugin manager. But that somehow only works for single number. What code should I put so I can change array values of one variable from the plugin manager?

 

[Ramiro]

You'll have to do it manually there is no way to do that automatically:

Things you must considerer: you'll have to "reserve" a character as "a separator of values", in this examples we'll use ',' because it looks simple:

var params = PluginManager.params("MyPlugin");var myArray = params["My Array Param"].split(','); // change , for your separatorThen myArray will have well, an array.

In your plugin manager you'll use a comman separated list:

Looking like this:

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| My Array Param | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |

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You may put on the parameter's help as something like "a comma separated list of numbers representing something"

 

[Iavra]

If i understand correctly, you want array parameters for your plugin? Parameters are always String objects, so if you want to get an array, define a separator (a comma, for example) and parse them like this:

var params = PluginManager.parameters('My Plugin'); // Or different solution (see my signature)var myArray = params['My Array'].split(/\s*,\s*/).filter(function(value) { return !!value; });

The "filter" part is to discard empty elements.

 

[Milena]

Yes, thank you Ramiro and Iavra, problem solved! This really helps. <3

 

[DarknessFalls]

you can do something like: functionName(array) where array is something like var array = [ ... ]

 

[Iavra]

Not really, since this has 2 drawbacks:


1) You only pass 1 parameter, which is an array.


2) "this" inside the called function is set to the object it belongs to. When using call() or apply() you can specify "this".

 

[DarknessFalls]

2) "this" inside the called function is set to the object it belongs to.

consider the following:

var self = this;something.map(function(some){ self.fucntionName() })