[Solved] Using $gameVariables.setValue to change one array element?

[yuyu!]

Hi, everyone!


I'm having trouble changing only one array element using $gameVariables.setValue. I've tried $gameVariables.setValue(47[1], "test"), and that doesn't seem to do anything. Every other combination I've tried has thrown errors at me. I already have the variable initialized as an array of several values, set at the beginning of the game... I just need to be able to change values individually.


I feel like the answer is staring me right in the face, but I just can't get it!  Any help would be mega appreciated! <3


-yuyu

 

[Tsukihime]

@yuyu!


What is 47[1] supposed to mean?


Does game variable 47 hold an array? And you're trying to access the second element of that array?


$gameVariables.value(47)[1] = "new value"


You can access the array directly and change the value.

 

[yuyu!]

@Tsukihime


Thank you for your response!


"47" is the variable id I'm testing with, and [1] is the array index I hope to change. I thought the element [1] would have to be listed right after the variable id itself, but that didn't do the trick.


*edit*


I've also tried "$gameVariables.setValue(47, "test")[1]", but that didn't work, either. ;__;

 

[Andar]

you cannot use the setvalue function to access an array, because that is not defined for that function (unless you rewrite them with a plugin).


Why didn't you use the syntax Tsukihime provided?


EDIT: Show us how you defined the array, that should clear things up - you need to define an array before you can access its elements.

 

[Tsukihime]

This is one way to work with arrays in game variables:

// set variable 1 to an array of numbers
$gameVariables.setValue(1, [1, 2, 3]);

// Access variable 1, and index into the second element and set it to 10
$gameVariables.value(1)[1] = 10;

// print out variable 1, which is the array, which should now be [1, 10, 3]
console.log($gameVariables.value(1))

 

[yuyu!]

you cannot use the setvalue function to access an array, because that is not defined for that function (unless you rewrite them with a plugin).


Why didn't you use the syntax Tsukihime provided?

Ahhh, that makes sense. Thank you.  For some reason, the edit updated super slowly for me, so I only saw the first line of his message.

@yuyu!


What is 47[1] supposed to mean?


Does game variable 47 hold an array? And you're trying to access the second element of that array?



$gameVariables.value(47)[1] = "new value"


You can access the array directly and change the value.

That works! Thank you so much, Tsukihime!


Just as a head's up to everyone: I did encounter a really, really weird bug with chaning variables assigned via a batch command. I initialized every array I intend to use (via batch variables) and then tried to change the value of just one. For whatever reason, they all want to change with it. o.o


Doing this:

Makes this happen:

It works just fine if I initialize them all on their own, though. That's good enough for me!


Thank you both so much! I'll go ahead and mark this thread solved.

 

[Tsukihime]

All of the variables hold a reference to the same array.


Therefore, changing the array for one variable, will change all of the other variables as well because they point to the same thing.

 

[yuyu!]

All of the variables hold a reference to the same array.


Therefore, changing the array for one variable, will change all of the other variables as well because they point to the same thing.

Doh! I do seem to remember hearing something about that in my newbie programming classes.


Thank you again!! You're a life saver! ^_^