arraySetElement

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Availability

This routine is available starting with SIL Engine™ 1.0.

Syntax

arraySetElement(array, index1, elem)

Description

If elem is an element of the array type, returns a new array with the specified element on position index1. If index1 is greater than the array size, it will add empty elements on the missing positions.

Alias

setElement(array, index1, elem)

Parameters

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
array	array	Yes	Array where to add the element.
index1	number	Yes	Position where to add the element.
elem	type of array element	Yes	Element to add to the array.

Returns

Element of the array type

Example

watchers = setElement(watchers, 12, currentUser());

Sets the value currentUser for the 13 ^th element of the array watchers.

Notes

If array is not defined as an array, the routine returns error.
If index is not number the routine returns error.

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[12] = currentUser() to refer to the 13 ^th element in the watchers array.

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