On 19-1-2016 18:45, clipka wrote:
> Am 19.01.2016 um 09:54 schrieb Thomas de Groot:
>
>>> #declare TexArray =
>>>      array[12]{
>>>        "T_Stone1",  "T_Stone2",
>>>        "T_Stone3",  "T_Stone4",
>>>        "T_Stone5",  "T_Stone6",
>>>        "T_Stone7",  "T_Stone8",
>>>        "T_Stone9",  "T_Stone10",
>>>        "T_Stone11", "T_Stone12"
>>>      };
>
>> The problem is I do not want this, although it could be a solution if
>> nothing else pops up that is. I would prefer to write the texture
>> identifier as a text string.
>
> The trouble there is, once the texture is inside the array, there is no
> trace of the texture identifier left alongside it.
>
> (Or, more to the point, the texture now has a /new/ identifier,
> TexArray[something].)
>
> (Actually, even that is a simplified picture of the matter. What you
> /really/ have is a /copy/ of the original texture.)
>
> Also note that if you're starting out with an array of textures, you
> might have to deal with something like this:
>
>    #declare TexArray =
>      array[12]{
>        T_Stone1,
>        T_Stone2,
>        texture {...},
>        T_Stone4,
>        ...
>      };
>
> No "original" identifier there at all for TexArray[2].
>

Thanks indeed Christoph, very clear. Happy to have learned something 
again and deepened my understanding of POV-Ray.

-- 
Thomas

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