The internal order in which keys are stored in a custom prop is not
sorted alphabetically
Oh boy...
It's often not so bad. Associative arrays are often addressed by the
key name, so sequential order wouldn't affect that one way or
another.
If you need sequential access you can use numeric keys.
Ermm... :-)
Okay, in my state of blissful ignorance I had assumed that arrays
were effectively arranged in a spreadsheet-like manner. The array
name is the spreadsheet (in this way of thinking), the keys are like
a set of column headings, and the elements are the bits of data in
each cell. I hope I'm not too off-target here! <g>
Anyway, an example of data in this layout, assuming it isn't just bonkers:
Record Title ISBN Author Editor Comments
1 ABC 123 Tim Tom Lots of blahblah...
2 House 345 Mick Mark Different blahblah...
Can I extract every record number and title in order to search for
just titles? (I'm imagining that I'd need to know which record ID a
found item was in to be able to pull the full record.)
The rough idea in my head right now is to store the data in an array
in a project:
* People read it, showing one record at a time by either clicking
through sequentially or by searching for specific things. The
elements from that record are retrieved from the array and put into
the right fields as each record is shown.
* If someone wants to edit a record a flag is set in its part of the
array so others can't do the same to that record. When editing is
done, the different fields are written back to their respective
elements in the array.
* New records are made by writing new 'lines' in the array. They are
then available for others to come across as they browse the data
collection.
In the opinion of those that have tried this sort of thing and/or
worked with arrays, is this a moderately sensible approach?
the ever-learning k
(who's wife is waiting for a magic solution to the problem. Doh! :-)
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