I was playing around trying to learn how to pass string arrays back and
forth.
I then looked at the array.sort function. The prototype in the Wiki
indicates that it returns an "string[]".
Function Sort([Mode As Integer]) As String[]
However it seems that I can not use the returned values(s) where I would
normally use an array. It appears to to me to operate more as a SUB than
a FUNCTION in that it resorts the array but does not return something
that I can use in another function or procedure. Is my interpretation of
the prototype wrong-headed ?
Regards,
Lewis Balentine
'================================================
Private Function TestFunction() As String[]
Return ["TEST:abcdefghij", "TEST:1234567890", "TEST:ABCDEFGHIJ"]
End
Private Sub DoPrint(XXX As String[])
Dim S As String
For Each S In XXX
Print S
Next
Print "------"
End
Public Sub Main()
' From Gambas Wiki:
' Function Sort([Mode As Integer]) As String[]
' Sort the array.
'
Dim XXX As String[] = ["XXX:abcdefghij", "XXX:1234567890",
"XXX:ABCDEFGHIJ"]
Dim S As String
' All of the following work as expected
DoPrint(XXX)
DoPrint(TestFunction())
XXX.Sort
DoPrint(XXX)
XXX = TestFunction()
XXX.Sort
DoPrint(XXX)
' None of the following works: Type Mismatch, wanted string[] got
function instead
' xxx = TestFunction().sort
' DoPrint(XXX.sort)
' DoPrint(TestFunction().sort)
' For Each S In XXX.Sort ' not an object
' Print S
' Next
' Print "-------"
' For Each S In TestFunction().sort ' not an object
' Print S
' Next
Quit
End
' [System]
' Gambas = 3.6.2
' OperatingSystem = Linux
' Kernel = 3.13.0 - 24 - generic
' Architecture = x86_64
' Distribution = Linux Mint 17 Qiana
' Desktop = MATE
' Theme = QGtk
' Language = en_US.UTF - 8
' Memory = 15994 M
' [Libraries]
' Cairo = libcairo.so.2.11301.0
' Curl = libcurl.so.4.3.0
' DBus = libdbus - 1. so.3.7.6
' GStreamer = libgstreamer - 0.10.so.0.30.0
' GStreamer = libgstreamer - 1.0.so.0.204.0
' GTK + 3 = libgtk - 3. so.0.1000.8
' GTK += libgtk - x11 - 2.0.so.0.2400.23
' OpenGL = libGL.so.1.2.0
' Poppler = libpoppler.so.44.0.0
' Qt4 = libQtCore.so.4.8.6
' SDL = libSDL - 1.2.so.0.11.4
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