1. RE: arrays/sequences in DOS version
Welcome aboard darceman :)
A sequence IS an array.
EG. (hopefully it doesn't get mangled)
-- qbasic
dim somearray(2,2)
-- euphoria Y
sequence somearray somearray= {{0,0},-- X
{0,0}}
To break it down further:
sequence dim2 dim2 = repeat(0,2) -- {0,0}
sequence dim1 dim1 = repeat(dim2,2) -- {{0,0},{0,0}} (somearray)
Here is the EU equivalent of your bit of code:
sequence somearray somearray = repeat(repeat(0,2),2)
-- the columns are the first dimension (y)
-- the rows are the second dimension (x)
for y=1 to 2 do
for x=1 to 2 do
somearray[y][x] = x*y
end for
end for
Depending on your computers capabilities, you can load any size of
sequence with any number of dimensions in any form.
I came from a QBasic background, and was also limited by the memory
size. I've never had a problem in EU. EU automatically handles extended
memory, and virtual memory, so it will use all onboard RAM, and when it
runs out of that, it will use a swap file, only limited by the size of
free space on your harddrive.
Chris
darceman wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> I am brand new to Euphoria and want to port code from QuickBasic for
> DOS.
>
> One thing I am unable to determine is the equivalent sequence procedure
> for a multi-dimemsional array and how to fill it with variables.
>
> e.g.
>
> dim somearray(2,2)
> for x=1 to 2
> for y=1 to 2
> somearray(x,y)=x*y
> next y
> next x
>
> I hope I can build really large arrays/sequences (up to 4 dimensions)
> without encountering the memory limitations of QuickBasic.
>
> Many thanks. Looking very much forward to using this great language.
>
> Darceman
>
>
