How to build a nested array from a plugin parameter

[Shaz]

I am working on a plugin where some of the parameters may contain arrays with a combination of numbers and strings.


Something like this works fine:

  var audioName = (params['Audio Name'] || '["My Audio Track", 80, 100]'
    ).replace(/[\[\]]/gi,'').split(",").map(function(value) {
    return eval(value);
  });

It gives me an array with ["My Audio Track", 80, 100] which is what I want.


But I also need to cater for the possibility that some of the content could be a nested array, such as this example for a font:

[["Tahoma", "Verdana", "Calibri"], 24, true, [0, 255, 0, 200]]
["Tahoma", 24, true, 15]

The first parameter could be just a string or an array of strings.  The last could be just a number or an array of numbers.


Not really sure how to go about this one.  Any suggestions?  I'd like to keep it fairly short.

 

[nio kasgami]

if this plugin parameter my core have a method (it's open source to everyone ) 


if this something else I don't know :C


NK.setArray = function(plugin, param){
return plugin[param].split(',').map( function (i) {return Number(i || 0);} );
};




for nested array well it's work mostly like the same than ruby?


you can do this : 


array.Method[0];


this will get the array inside I think in JS it's possible to get a data from his name ect....but still unsure  or this actually work like this : 


aray[0][0]




I hope this help :C

 

[Shaz]

Thanks for your help, but I just figured out a super-easy solution while waiting for a response.  The following will convert a string to an array, complete with nested arrays and string, number or boolean conversion as necessary:

var myFontInfo = eval(params['Font Info'] || '[["Tahoma", "Verdana", "Calibri"], 24, true, [0, 255, 0, 200]]')

I was overthinking it.  Now to go back and change all the previous ones!

 

[nio kasgami]

Thanks for your help, but I just figured out a super-easy solution while waiting for a response.  The following will convert a string to an array, complete with nested arrays and string, number or boolean conversion as necessary:

var myFontInfo = eval(params['Font Info'] || '[["Tahoma", "Verdana", "Calibri"], 24, true, [0, 255, 0, 200]]')

I was overthinking it.  Now to go back and change all the previous ones!

Oh nice! mind if I implement this method in my own core for nested array ? 

 

[Shaz]

go for it - it's not my method