Re: When Writing then reading a multi dim array it is changed to single dim array

[Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxx>]

IE, if this syntax is not supported:
b = Read #mfile As Integer[5, 5, 5]
Then you have to write the array reconstruction manually.
I'm writing from a phone... Otherwise I could write example code.

Jussi

On Thu, 4 Jul 2024, 09:51 brian, <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I don't understand, how do you write them separately
>
> ~~~~~ Brian
>
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> *Subject:* Re: When Writing then reading a multi dim array it is changed
> to single dim array
>
> Yeah, it seems dimensions are not written. You need to write them
> separately.
> https://gambaswiki.org/wiki/lang/datarep?nh
>
> Jussi
>
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 3:21 AM Jussi Lahtinen <jussi.lahtinen@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Can you write and read it as an array with the dimension specified?
>> I guess Interger[] does not serialize its dimensions.
>>
>> Jussi
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 4, 2024 at 3:03 AM Brian G <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> if I have a multi dimensional array and write it as an object, then read
>>> it back it becomes a single dimensional array.
>>>
>>> The number of entries remain the same, just the dimensions are lost.
>>>
>>> I don't know if this a bug or a feature?
>>>
>>> sample script
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> #!/usr/bin/env gbs3
>>>
>>> Dim a As New Integer[5, 5, 5]
>>> Dim b As Integer[]
>>>
>>> Dim x As Pointer = Alloc(5000)
>>> Dim mfile As File
>>>
>>> mfile = Memory x For Write
>>> Write #mfile, a As Object
>>> Close mfile
>>>
>>> mfile = Memory x For Read
>>> b = Read #mfile As Object
>>>
>>> Print Subst("Before saving array  count=&1, Dim=&2", a.count, a.dim)
>>> Print Subst("After reading array  count=&1, Dim=&2", b.count, b.dim)   '
>>> they don't match
>>>
>>> Quit 0
>>> Catch
>>> Error "Script Error >";; error.text & "\n" & error.where
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> --
>>> ~~~~ Brian
>>>
>>>
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