jagged arrays, lists and classes | Official Unity Discord | Page 1

sour crane May 19, 2022, 1:32 PM

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so that means either classes or a list of lists is the best way to store? the only way as of now that I have a remote idea of how to do it is by using a triple jagged array

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jagged arrays, lists and classes

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@robust prism I'm not quite sure what you mean with classes for this purpose

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do I just google classes in general and I should be able to understand?

robust prism May 19, 2022, 1:35 PM

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sour crane so that means either classes or a list of lists is the best way to store? the on...

well you already wrote it out. a class named Group with a List of Bus, and Bus is a class with a List of Time. That way you can easily add functionality to each sub item. it also makes it easier to read
Group[0].Bus[1].Time[0]
compared to:
Array[0][1][0]

sour crane May 19, 2022, 1:35 PM

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ah

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alright so I guess I gotta learn about classes

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now that I say it out loud I wonder how I got so far without knowing what classes are

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if I split them into classes, I still have to create a list right?

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or at least a single array?

robust prism May 19, 2022, 1:38 PM

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ye

sour crane May 19, 2022, 1:38 PM

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because the amount of elements is unknown, and up to the user to create

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it would be amazing if there were some way for the code to just auto-create more variables ;-;

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after storing the data I also need to be able to sort the data by the int size, and pull the corresponding group and bus name too

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so I'm guessing the class can store more than just the array, such as a string for the name, right? which I can then pull later

robust prism May 19, 2022, 1:40 PM

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yes

sour crane May 19, 2022, 1:41 PM

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alright, I'll give this a shot for now, although I have no idea what I'm mostly doing

robust prism May 19, 2022, 1:41 PM

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sour crane because the amount of elements is unknown, and up to the user to create

List are already self expanding

sour crane May 19, 2022, 1:41 PM

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time for mr google to hold my hand

sour crane May 19, 2022, 1:41 PM

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robust prism List are already self expanding

so do I use a list or array?

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both should be usable, right?

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I kinda wanna stick to arrays because it's what I'm used to, but lists seem better fit for the task

robust prism May 19, 2022, 1:42 PM

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there isn't really any good reason to use an array. A list does the same but better

sour crane May 19, 2022, 1:42 PM

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mhm. so I guess I'll make 3 classes, and fill them each with a list corresponding to the data type: group, bus or timeslot

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then I can create an instance of the class and fill it with data as the user creates more of the items?

robust prism May 19, 2022, 1:45 PM

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ye pretty much

sour crane May 19, 2022, 1:46 PM

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alright I think I got the basic idea down, so I should be able to figure things out on my own

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hopefully

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