Thomas de Groot <tenDOTlnDOTretniATtoorgedDOTt> wrote:
> It seems to me that arrays are unduly complicated in use here.

Indeed. Although an array would be useful if the positions were to be used
repeatedly. I've had to use #read and arrays like this before.

Bill

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Thomas de Groot wrote:
> It seems to me that arrays are unduly complicated in use here. 
> Personally, I would prefer the following:
> 
> #fopen MyFile "myData.txt" read
> #while (defined(MyFile))
>   #read (MyFile,Vector)
> #end

but for this you need a way to specify that a vector
should be read instead of a scalar, either by introducing
typed variables or requiring additional parameters.

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On 6-1-2012 15:20, Christian Froeschlin wrote:
> Thomas de Groot wrote:
>> It seems to me that arrays are unduly complicated in use here.
>> Personally, I would prefer the following:
>>
>> #fopen MyFile "myData.txt" read
>> #while (defined(MyFile))
>> #read (MyFile,Vector)
>> #end
>
> but for this you need a way to specify that a vector
> should be read instead of a scalar, either by introducing
> typed variables or requiring additional parameters.
I cannot pretend to know exactly what you mean :-) but in my simple 
vision and use of this, I write and then read a vector (or a float or 
whatever, e.g. text) according to my needs. You only have to take care 
that you use a vector as such or a text as such and not make a 
hotchpotch of things. #read reads and interprets what is between the 
commas: if this is a vector, it reads a vector, etc. doesn't it?

Thomas

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Just wanted to thank Alain and Thomas for those additional comments.

It is very helpful to get this feedback.  It is a great resource.

Thanks so much for taking the time to contribute to this discussion.

scott

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