Three dimension array?

#1

Hey there

I come into a problem: I need to smartly save things out in a variable/array with maxscript. See this screenshot:

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I need to sort things out this way. All the values are going to be read from a file txt, there’s no problem about it.
The problem is to save them in an array to be easily accessible with maxscript.
Example: items = car’s brand, sub items = car’s model, sub sub items = car’s colour

See in my example I’d want to have access to the sub sub item 2-3-1 (Open Astra red), I thought I’d read something like
myArray[2][3][1]
but it doesn’t work the way I thought it would and I’m stuck here.
Note: number of items, sub items and sub sub items are variable, I don’t know the exact count.

How can organize things with that pattern? if I need to print all the colours of the Open Astra or all Porsche’s models, or all the car’s brands available, etc.

Thank you!

#2

if your data structure design right , it will works right

#3

I think I designed it wrong then

struct Brand 
(
	name = "inbrand"
	struct Model 
	(
		name = "inmodel"
		struct Resolution 
		(
			name = "inresolution"
		)
	)
)

local test = brand name:"first"
print test.Model.name -- thought it would print "inmodel"
#4

#(#(“brand1”,#(“model11”,#(“colour111”)),#(“model12”,#(“colour121”,“colour122”))),#(“brand2”,#(“model21”,#(“colour211”)),#(“model22”,#(“colour221”,“colour222”))))

i=1,j=2,k=1 : colour121
array[i][j+1][2][k]

i=2,j=1 : model21
array[i][j+1][1]

i=1 : brand1
array[i][1]

with data structure up , you can use your data convenient
mxs has no named dimension , you can’t design like python

#5

wow that’s a bit messed up. How can I print all the brands or all the model of a brand?

#6 
for i = 1 to array1.count do
print array1[i][1]

for i = 1 to array1.count do
	for j = 1 to array1[i][2].count do
		print array1[i][j+1][1]

for i = 1 to array1.count do
	for j = 1 to array1[i][2].count do
		for k = 1 to  array1[i][j+1][2].count do
			print array1[i][j+1][2][k]

Open mind ， for only one branch , just use that i and j+1

#7

2017+ has Dictionary

#8

it’s a good class update , but need time to be widespread , the data structure is same as what i post , but more simple

#9

Thanks guys!

I have a question about dictionnary:
d = Dictionary #(#brand, 1) #(#model, 2) #(#color, 3)
PutDictValue d #brand “toyota”

Is it possible to add more brand to the key 1 of my dictionnary or did I miss something?
I can’t find a way to do something like:
PutDictValue d #brand[2] “porshe”
if you know what I mean

#10

if you can’t understand I posted array , the dictionary also hard to read
mxs below is how to create a dictionary your image shows

array1=#("b1","b2")
array2=#(#("m11","m12","m13"),#("m21","m22","m23"))
array3=#(#(#("c111","c112"),#("c121","c122"),#("c131","c132")),#(#("c211","c212"),#("c221","c222"),#("c231","c232")))
darray =Dictionary #string 
for i = 1 to array2.count do
(
	tempdarray =Dictionary #string 
	for j = 1 to array2[i].count do
			PutDictValue tempdarray array2[i][j]  array3[i][j]
	PutDictValue darray array1[i] tempdarray
)
darray

for reading , use 3 arrays more clear