I want to use an array inside a function, for example:

function(x,y,z){MYARRAY[][]}

I can hard code an array index, and it is fine:

eg.  function(x,y,z){MYARRAY[2][3]}

, however I can't create an array index from a function.  I get an error "Float
expected but vector or color expression found"

e.g. function(x,y,z){MYARRAY[max(min(int(x),9),0)][max(min(int(y),9),0)]}

parsing the function inside the array indices we return valid integer indices,
but it appears that POV is not parsing it this way: rather than precalculating
the function using the "x" and "y" values from the function, it is seeing them
as x and y vectors (<1,0,0>, <0,1,0>) which gives the error.  Changing to a
different reference from x,y,z eg.

e.g. function(xx,yy,zz){MYARRAY[max(min(int(xx),9),0)][max(min(int(yy),9),0)]}

results in an undeclared indetifier 'xx' error.

I there some way I can work around this and force the function inside to be
calculated into my index value before the array tries to parse it?

-tgq

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