arrayGetElement

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Availability

This routine is available starting with SIL Engine™ 1.0.

Syntax

arrayGetElement(array, index)

Description

Returns the element at the specified index.

Alias

getElement(array, index)

Parameters

Parameter name

Type

Required

Description

array

array

Yes

Array where the element at the specified index is searched.

index

number

Yes

Index of the element to be returned.

Returns

Element of the array type.

Example

for(number i = 0; i < size(watchers); i = i + 1){
    print(getElement(watchers, i) + " is watching this issue.");
}

Prints all the elements of the array watchers.

Notes

  1. If index is not number or has negative value the routine returns error.
  2. If index is greater than the size of the array, the routine will return an empty value of the respective type.

SIL Engine™ 2.5 specific

Starting with version 2.5 we added the indexing operator. It will work on arrays, strings, dates and interval.

You can simply write in your programs watchers[0] to refer to the first element in the watchers array.


See also