Re: [Vala] array size determining? how to

[Evan Nemerson <evan coeus-group com>]

On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 18:33 -0700, Charles Hixson wrote:
> On 09/18/2010 03:05 PM, Evan Nemerson wrote:
> > On Sat, 2010-09-18 at 14:09 -0700, Charles Hixson wrote:
> >    
> > > When an array is passed back from a library routine, say string split,
> > > how does one determine the number of elements?
> > >      
> > Arrays have a length member which will generally give you what you want.
> > For example:
> >
> > var arr = "one,two,three".split (",");
> > GLib.debug ("Elements: %d", arr.length);
> >
> > There is some good information in the Arrays section of the tutorial:
> > http://live.gnome.org/Vala/Tutorial#Arrays
> >
> >
> > -Evan
> >    
> Thanks.  Is there some place I should write to suggest that this be 
> added to the tutorial?  I'd also like to suggest that when strings are 

Not really, but the tutorial is a wiki so you can always add it
yourself. That said, it is already in the tutorial... the second
sentence in the Arrays section is: "The length of such an array can be
obtained by the length member variable e.g. int count = a.length."


-Evan