String (saved array) to array

[lo]

as long as none of the values in the array contain commas, you could do this:

x="#(\"asddas\",\"dddssds\",123123)" --this is your existing string

new_array=(filterstring (substring x 3 (x.count-3)) ",")
for i=1 to new_array.count do new_array[i]=(execute new_array[i])

edit: geez, am I stupid... you just need to

new_array=execute x

[doCHtor]

Many thanks. I'm 99% sure I tried this with no luck. Had to have some stupid, stupid mistake.

Thanks again, simple and works, would have skipped this because of my stupidity :)

[thatoneguy]

Warning Do not do this:


CA = (ArrayVar as string)

After about 10 entries it truncates the string to #(item, item, item, item...). Be sure to build your array 'by hand':

stringarray = "#("
for o in ArrayVar do (format ("%,") (o as string) to:stringarray)
stringarray += ")"

Won't work for nested arrays unless you explicitely write a recursive function to do it, but there is danger to the old "as string" system of losing data.

[Gravey]

or you could do this: stringArray = with printAllElements on myArray as stringEDIT: this was in response to Gavin's post, not the OP's original problem.

[doCHtor]

Thanks everybody.

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