From: "Carlo Hogeveen" 
Oops!
The                "if existglobalvar(array_name)"
should ofcourse be "if existglobalvar(array_name + str(index_value))"
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: From: Carlo Hogeveen 
: To: tsepro@semware.com; James C. Sewell 
: Subject: Re: SAL programming
: Date: donderdag 26 juni 1997 1:35
: 
: 
: Arrays can be simulated in TSE with:
: 
:    setglobalint(array_name + str(index_value), new_element_value)
: 
: and:
: 
:    if existglobalvar(array_name)
:       old_element_value = getglobalint(array_name + str(index_value))
:    else
:       old_element_value = 0
:    endif
: 
: 
: Hint: To assure that array_name will always be unique across macro's,
: start array_name with the macro_name.
: 
: The same method can be used to create:
:  - arrays of strings.
:  - arrays of struktures, by adding field_names to the array_name.
:  - multidimensional arrays, for example seperating the multiple
:    indexes by an underscore.
: 
: 
: 
: DelGlobalVar("Carlo")
: 
: 
: 
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: : From: James C. Sewell 
: : To: tsepro@semware.com
: : Subject: SAL programming
: : Date: woensdag 25 juni 1997 21:40
: : 
: : Suggestion: Add integer arrays to SAL
: : 
: : Question 1: What is the range for BufferId()'s?
: : 
: : Question 2: What is the best way to emulate integer arrays?
: : 
: : Question 3: What is a better way to implement my function?
: : 
: : 
: : I need to set a flag on/off for each of the buffers in my ring.
: : GetBufferId() gives me a reference number for the buffer, but
: : that is a seemingly random number that starts out around 20 or
: : so... usually.  
: : 
: : My first thought, before realizing the unpredictability of these
: : buffer numbers, was to have a string[10] and for each buffer set
: : string[buffer number] to "1" or "0".  This works, but considering
: : the id's I'd have to make string's size really big and I prefer
: : not to do that.  Besides that, what if a buffer id is bigger than
: : 255 (the biggest string)... then my routine fails and someone loses
: : data.  A Bad Thing.
: : 
: : Open to suggestions...
: :        Jim
: : 
: : This answer, and my routine, may be a good tutorial in the near
: : future...
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