表和数组

Within squirrel there are many ways to store information, but when storing an unspecified ammount of information, or storing information on a player-by-player basis, you need to use arrays or tables.

Arrays

Arrays can store large sets of data and are indexed using numbers, starting from 0, and are declared using array<type> arrayname the identifier can be ignored but will result in the array being of the type var.

array<int> numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]

print(numbers[0])
>>1
print(numbers[5])
>>6

adding and removing values from arrays can be done using .append(value) and .remove(index).

additionally the index of values can be found using the .find function and the length by using the .len() function

array<int> numbers = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]

print(numbers.find(3))
>>2
print(numbers[5])
>>6
numbers.remove(5)
print(numbers[5])
>>7
print(numbers.len())
>>9
array<int> empty = []
empty.append(5)
print(empty[0])
>>5

Tables

Tables are similar to arrays but with one primary difference, rather than use a numerical index system tables allow you do define your own indexes, similar to pythons dict type.

Creation of a table is done in a similar way to arrays, however may have 2 types declared for the type of the index and the type of the content, much like arrays this will default to var if ignored

table<string, int> numberofletters = {"hello": 5}

unlike arrays however adding values to tables cannot be done using .append or similar means, as the index must also be declared, adding to tables is done using the <- operator like so.

table<entity, int> playerkills = {}
foreach(entity player in GetPlayerArray())
  playerkills[player] <- 5

2D arrays and Tables of Arrays

Another attribute of tables and arrays is that they can store any value type, including tables and arrays themselves. this can be used to store an array within a table, useful if you want to store multiple values related to each index in a single variable

to create a 2d array you simply define the data type as beign an array of arrays like so.

array<array<int>> 2darray = [[1,2,3],[4,5,6],[7,8,9]]
print(2darray[1][1])
>>5