(Array issue) I want to use array to control my variables

matt72228

Is there any way to implement array variables?
Thanks a lot : )

theCodeMonsters

A table but it's a immutable object. Meaning you can't change it once you've made it. GS is working on adding read and write functions to Tables. These will be arrays. But for now, we have Immutable arrays.

greenglue

Maybe by using a table and calling it from within your actor(s)?

youngster9

@matt7228

You are having a lot of issues

matt72228

Thanks a lot : )

MotherHoose

an array is simply an arrangement of data

an Index is a 1 column array
a list is a a 1 column array
a spriteSheet is a one or more column(s) array (immutable)
a table is a one or more column(s) array
a database is an array with/without complex data arrangements (a table or multiple tables)

attributes are variables (as their values can be varied and various … and are mutable)
attributes store values … as variables and parameters do in other programming languages

in GS to access/implement/manipulate/change data in an arrangement of data, use game/scene/actor attributes or tableCellValues … but, data in a read-only table (and spriteSheets) array is not mutable.

in GS attributes can be implemented, manipulated, and changed … within their parameters and if their delimitation is not fixed.

in GS the terms: arrays; variables; conditionalStatements; parameters, etc. … are not relevant
but, the functionality of those terms … is in GS

in GS using: Attributes, Rules and their Otherwise; Behaviors … greatly speeds up the coding process … while still allowing great flexibility.

IMO … @matt72228 … learning the language of the environment you are working in … is easier than trying to apply the terminology of other languages to that environment.
I empathize with you … I too had a hard time trying to translate terms (and, my programming started with BASIC … and through many other languages after that.)

MH