How can we return an Array?

#1 It depends, are you talking about C++ or torquescript?

In C++,
first declare a function like so:

int someclass::foobar(int []);

Then you pass the array as a parameter of the fuction

int array[10]; // array of 10 integers
someclass obj;
obj.foobar(array); // arrays are passed by reference automatically
//process array here

In torquescript,
all variables are actually strings, that means there are no real arrays.
So to return a collection of variables:

function foobar(%this)
{
  %val1 = 1;
  %val1 = 2;
  %val1 = 3;

  return   %val1 SPC %val2 SPC %val3;
}

To use the "array"

%array = foobar();
  %val1 = getWord(%array,0);
  %val2 = getWord(%array,1);
  %val3 = getWord(%array,2);

Hope this helps :-)

#2 Any time I need an array in script, I use a simset.

#3 Personally I try to do all my array processing in C++. :-)

#4 How much of a hassle is it for you when a new version of Torque comes out (assuming you upgrade)?

#5 There's also an ArrayObject that you might want to try.

Depending on what you need, a SimSet could work. Objects that belong to a SimSet can belong to other SimSets as well. See if this is desirable.

Objects within a SimGroup however can only belong to that one group at a time.

#6 I don't think the ArrayObject has made it into the stock TGB codebase yet. There is a resource out there, which the one that is in T3D is based on though.

#7 Kevin:
Ya it's a bit of a pain, but if you do any iPhone development you will quickly learn why heavy processing in script is not a good idea. :-)

#8 Thank you guys for the replies, I will try to use Simset.