Array Handling Difficulties

[william chan]

Help!

I tried doing

VAR
long mydata[20]

index := 1
third := 3
mydata[index].byte[third] := 100

but the compiler keeps complaining "variable needs a parameter"....

What gives?

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[Erik Friesen]

You will have to do it this way.




mydata.byte[(index*4)+third]

[william chan]

I thought the most logical and clean way would be my example code.
This is most unusual.

Thanks for your help.

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[Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)]

William,

I can't disagree. A subscripted variable should still produce a typed "lvalue" on the compile stack that's subject to further modification. It's probably not a bug in the compiler, but more likely just an oversight.

-Phil

[Erik Friesen]

I have smacked my head into this one too. I think I have tried every possible combination. I'd agree with phil.