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'***************************************************************************************
'Import FCL390
'Sample program to demonstate the use of arrays
'An array is a list of related data that can be added to, deleted from, modified and accessed to perform a task
'***************************************************************************************
TextWindow.Show()
'
'An array of numbers, we want to store odd raddom numbers
'
'The hard way without arrays
num1 = 1+2*Math.GetRandomNumber(100)
num2 = 1+2*Math.GetRandomNumber(100)
num3 = 1+2*Math.GetRandomNumber(100)
num4 = 1+2*Math.GetRandomNumber(100)
num5 = 1+2*Math.GetRandomNumber(100)
output = "Five random odd numbers stored the hard way"
comment()
TextWindow.WriteLine(num1)
TextWindow.WriteLine(num2)
TextWindow.WriteLine(num3)
TextWindow.WriteLine(num4)
TextWindow.WriteLine(num5)
next()
'The easy way with arrays
For i = 1 To 10
  numi = 1+2*Math.GetRandomNumber(100)
EndFor
output = "Ten random odd numbers stored the easy way"
comment()
For i = 1 To 10
  TextWindow.WriteLine(numi)
EndFor
next()
'
'The number of elements in an array may be changing or not known, we can see how many there are
'
TextWindow.Clear()
For i = 1 To 10+Math.GetRandomNumber(10)
  vali = Math.GetRandomNumber(100)
EndFor
output = "We have stored "+Array.GetItemCount(val)+" random numbers between 1 and 100"
comment()
TextWindow.WriteLine("Index Value")
For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(val)
  TextWindow.Write(i+"     ") ' we break the write into 2 statements to prevent it reporting i+vali
  TextWindow.WriteLine(vali)
EndFor
next()
avg = 0
For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(val)
  avg = avg+vali
EndFor
avg = 0.01*Math.Floor(100*avg/Array.GetItemCount(val)+0.5) ' rounded to nearest (hence the +0.5) 2 decimal places
TextWindow.WriteLine("Their average value is "+avg)
TextWindow.WriteLine("")
'
'We can see if the array contains a value or not

'
output = "Enter a number to see if it is in the array"
comment()
num = TextWindow.ReadNumber()
If (Array.ContainsValue(val,num) = "True") Then
  TextWindow.WriteLine(num+" is in the array")
Else
  TextWindow.WriteLine(num+" is not in the array")
EndIf
next()
'
'We can delete entries in the array - delete the even numbers here
'
count = Array.GetItemCount(val) ' We set this variable first because we are change the number of elements in the array inside the loop
For i = 1 To count
  If (Math.Remainder(vali,2) = 0) Then
    vali = ""
  EndIf
EndFor
output = "There are "+Array.GetItemCount(val)+" odd numbers left in the array"
comment()
TextWindow.WriteLine("")
'
'We have deleted the even numbers but the indexes of the remaining odd numbers have not changed
'
output = "The array now has empty deleted indexes"
comment()
TextWindow.WriteLine("Index Value")
For i = 1 To count
  TextWindow.Write(i+"     ")
  If (Array.ContainsIndex(val,i)) Then
    TextWindow.WriteLine(vali)
  Else
    TextWindow.WriteLine("Deleted")
  EndIf
EndFor
next()
'
'We need to reorder the array to change the array indexes to be sequetial
'This is not obvious, so be careful deleting array values, without remembering that the indexes are unchanged
'If the indices are just numbers, the use the code below
'
i = 1 'Index of unshuffled (original) array
j = 1 'New index values for shuffled up array
While (j <= Array.GetItemCount(val))
  If (Array.ContainsIndex(val,i) = "True") Then
    valj = vali
    If (i <> j) Then
      vali = ""
    EndIf
    j = j+1
  EndIf
  i = i+1
EndWhile
output = "The full odd number array after re-ordering indexes sequentially"
comment()
TextWindow.WriteLine("Index Value")
For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(val)
  TextWindow.Write(i+"     ")
  TextWindow.WriteLine(vali)
EndFor
next()
'
'Arrays indexed by strings
'These have the advantage that we don't have to worry about indexing when we add and delete values,
'but we cannot use inedexed loops (For i =1 To...) to access them
'
TextWindow.Clear()
age"Fred" = 21
age"Mary" = 28
age"David" = 36
output = "Unindexed string arrays are easy to use, but less powerful"
comment()
TextWindow.WriteLine("Mary is "+age"Mary"+" years old")
TextWindow.WriteLine("Fred is "+age"Fred"+" years old")
TextWindow.WriteLine("David is "+age"David"+" years old")
next()
'Multi-dimesional string arrays with indexing (more powerful but awkward to delete and maintain sequetial indexing)
'Name
contact1"name" = "Fred"
contact2"name" = "Mary"
contact3"name" = "David"
contact4"name" = "Sam"
contact5"name" = "Helen"
'Age
contact1"age" = 21
contact2"age" = 28
contact3"age" = 36
contact4"age" = 42
contact5"age" = 18
'City
contact1"city" = "Paris"
contact2"city" = "Prague"
contact3"city" = "New York"
contact4"city" = "Mombia"
contact5"city" = "Johannesburg"
'We store the data in the array contact (like a database)
'And access the data using the index
output = "String arrays with some index are easier to use"
comment()
For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)
  TextWindow.WriteLine(contacti"name"+" is "+contacti"age"+" years old and lives in "+contacti"city")
EndFor
next()
'Add some entries
newindex = Array.GetItemCount(contact)+1
contactnewindex"name" = "Rolf"
contactnewindex"age" = 73
contactnewindex"city" = "Melbourne"
newindex = Array.GetItemCount(contact)+1
contactnewindex"name" = "Bruce"
contactnewindex"age" = 51
contactnewindex"city" = "Hong Kong"
output = "Some added entries"
comment()
For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)
  TextWindow.WriteLine(contacti"name"+" is "+contacti"age"+" years old and lives in "+contacti"city")
EndFor
next()
'Delete some entries
count = Array.GetItemCount(contact) 'we use count here because we are deleteing more than 1 entry and Array.GetItemCount(contact) is changing inside the loop
For i = 1 To count
  If (contacti"name" = "Mary" Or contacti"name" = "Bruce") Then
    contacti = ""
  EndIf
EndFor
'shuffle indexes to run from 1 to number of entries in array (sequential indexing)
i = 1
j = 1
While (j <= Array.GetItemCount(contact))
  If (Array.ContainsIndex(contact,i) = "True") Then
    contactj = contacti
    If (i <> j) Then
      contacti = ""
    EndIf
    j = j+1
  EndIf
  i = i+1
EndWhile
output = "Delete Mary and Bruce"
comment()
For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)
  TextWindow.WriteLine(contacti"name"+" is "+contacti"age"+" years old and lives in "+contacti"city")
EndFor
next()
'
'Sort by name alphabetically
'
var = "name"
sortString()
output = "Sorted by name alphabetically"
comment()
For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)
  TextWindow.WriteLine(contacti"name"+" is "+contacti"age"+" years old and lives in "+contacti"city")
EndFor
next()
'
'Sort by city alphabetically
'
var = "city"
sortString()
output = "Sorted by city alphabetically"
comment()
For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)
  TextWindow.WriteLine(contacti"name"+" is "+contacti"age"+" years old and lives in "+contacti"city")
EndFor
next()
'
'Sort by age
'
var = "age"
sortNumber()
output = "Sorted by age"
comment()
For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)
  TextWindow.WriteLine(contacti"name"+" is "+contacti"age"+" years old and lives in "+contacti"city")
EndFor
next()
'
'Back to something simpler : 2D number arrays
'An array of squares in a graphics window - 'Pairs'
'
TextWindow.Hide()
GraphicsWindow.BackgroundColor = "LightBlue"
nrow = 2*2 'must be even number of boxes - it is PAIRS
ncol = 2*2
size = 50
For i = 1 To nrow
  For j = 1 To ncol
    Xboxij = 1.5*size*i
    Yboxij = 1.5*size*j
    Cboxij = -1 ' unset colour just now
    foundij = 0 'flag for found pairs
  EndFor
EndFor
'Set pairs of boxes (cards) with the same random colour
For i1 = 1 To nrow
  For j1 = 1 To ncol
    If (Cboxi1j1 < 0) Then
      'i1,j1 isel not set so set it
      Cboxi1j1 = GraphicsWindow.GetRandomColor()
      'find another random box i2,j2 not already set
      i2 = Math.GetRandomNumber(nrow)
      j2 = Math.GetRandomNumber(ncol)
      While (Cboxi2j2 >= 0)
        i2 = Math.GetRandomNumber(nrow)
        j2 = Math.GetRandomNumber(ncol)
      EndWhile
      Cboxi2j2 = Cboxi1j1
    EndIf
  EndFor
EndFor
'
'Change colour of selected box (delete and recreate it)
'See graphics demo for mouse event control
'
GraphicsWindow.MouseDown = OnMouseDown
Sub OnMouseDown
  mx = GraphicsWindow.MouseX
  my = GraphicsWindow.MouseY
  clicked = 1
EndSub

'Draw intial view of coloured squares (pairs), show for 5 sec, then turn to blank side
For i = 1 To nrow
  For j = 1 To ncol
    GraphicsWindow.BrushColor = Cboxij
    Sboxij = Shapes.AddRectangle(size,size)
    Shapes.Move(Sboxij,Xboxij,Yboxij)
  EndFor
EndFor
Program.Delay(5000)

back = "White"
GraphicsWindow.BrushColor = back
For i = 1 To nrow
  For j = 1 To ncol
    Shapes.Remove(Sboxij)
    Sboxij = Shapes.AddRectangle(size,size)
    Shapes.Move(Sboxij,Xboxij,Yboxij)
  EndFor
EndFor

clicked = 0
nclicked = 0
nfound = 0
While (nfound < nrow*ncol)
  If (clicked = 1) Then
    For i = 1 To nrow
      For j = 1 To ncol
        'Only consider unfound boxes
        If (mx >= Xboxij And mx <= Xboxij+size And my >= Yboxij And my <= Yboxij+size) Then
          If (foundij = 0 And nclicked < 2) Then
            Sound.PlayClickAndWait()
            'Turn over a card to the coloured side and note its location in isel,jsel
            Shapes.Remove(Sboxij)
            GraphicsWindow.BrushColor = Cboxij
            Sboxij = Shapes.AddRectangle(size,size)
            Shapes.Move(Sboxij,Xboxij,Yboxij)
            nclicked = nclicked+1
            iselnclicked = i
            jselnclicked = j
          Else
            'Don't click an already found pair
            Sound.PlayBellRingAndWait()
          EndIf
        EndIf
      EndFor
    EndFor
    'Two turned over - leave them showing if they are the same, otherwise wait 2 sec and turn then back over
    If (nclicked = 2) Then
      If (Cboxisel1">isel1">1">isel1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2[jsel[2">1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2[jsel[2">jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2[jsel[2">1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2">jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1">1[jsel[1">1">1">isel[1[jsel[1 <> Cbox[isel[2[jsel[2) Then
        Program.Delay(2000)
        For k = 1 To 2
          i = iselk
          j = jselk
          Shapes.Remove(Sboxij)
          GraphicsWindow.BrushColor = back
          Sboxij = Shapes.AddRectangle(size,size)
          Shapes.Move(Sboxij,Xboxij,Yboxij)
        EndFor
      Else
        For k = 1 To 2
          i = iselk
          j = jselk
          foundij = 1
        EndFor
        nfound = nfound+2
      EndIf
      nclicked = 0
    EndIf
    clicked = 0
  EndIf
EndWhile
Program.Delay(2000)
'
'Finish up
'
GraphicsWindow.Clear()
GraphicsWindow.BackgroundColor = "Black"
gw = GraphicsWindow.Width
gh = GraphicsWindow.Height
GraphicsWindow.FontSize = 80
While (clicked = 0)
  For i = 1 To 100 ' Do 100 of these for every update of the black text to speed it up
    GraphicsWindow.SetPixel(Math.GetRandomNumber(gw),Math.GetRandomNumber(gh),GraphicsWindow.GetRandomColor())
  EndFor
  GraphicsWindow.BrushColor = "Black"
  GraphicsWindow.DrawBoundText(20,20,gw-20,"All Done with ARRAYS.  Click to EXIT.")
EndWhile

Program.End()
'
'Utility to output a comment
'
Sub comment
  TextWindow.ForegroundColor = "Yellow"
  TextWindow.WriteLine(output)
  TextWindow.ForegroundColor = "White"
EndSub
'
'Utility subroutine to move on in the TextWindow
'
Sub next
  TextWindow.ForegroundColor = "Red"
  TextWindow.WriteLine("")
  TextWindow.Read()
  TextWindow.ForegroundColor = "White"
EndSub
'
'Sort contacts array alphabetically
'
Sub sortString
  For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)-1
    For j = i+1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)
      iVar = contactivar
      jVar = contactjvar
      iValue = 0
      jValue = 0
      char = 0
      While (iValue = jValue)
        char = char+1
        iValue = Text.GetCharacterCode(Text.GetSubText(iVar,char,1))
        jValue = Text.GetCharacterCode(Text.GetSubText(jVar,char,1))
      EndWhile
      If (jValue < iValue) Then
        store = contacti
        contacti = contactj
        contactj = store
      EndIf
    EndFor
  EndFor
EndSub
'
'Sort contacts array by number
'
Sub sortNumber
  For i = 1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)-1
    For j = i+1 To Array.GetItemCount(contact)
      iVar = contactivar
      jVar = contactjvar
      If (jVar < iVar) Then
        store = contacti
        contacti = contactj
        contactj = store
      EndIf
    EndFor
  EndFor
EndSub

Reference

This code originally came from the Small Basic Wiki.