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array(n)		     Tcl Built-In Commands		      array(n)

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NAME
       array - Manipulate array variables

SYNOPSIS
       array option arrayName ?arg arg ...?
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DESCRIPTION
       This  command  performs one of several operations on the variable given
       by arrayName.   Unless  otherwise  specified  for  individual  commands
       below,  arrayName  must be the name of an existing array variable.  The
       option argument determines what action is carried out by	 the  command.
       The legal options (which may be abbreviated) are:

       array anymore arrayName searchId
	      Returns 1 if there are any more elements left to be processed in
	      an array search, 0 if all elements have already  been  returned.
	      SearchId	indicates which search on arrayName to check, and must
	      have been the return value from a previous invocation  of	 array
	      startsearch.  This option is particularly useful if an array has
	      an element with an empty name, since the return value from array
	      nextelement  will	 not indicate whether the search has been com‐
	      pleted.

       array donesearch arrayName searchId
	      This command terminates an array search  and  destroys  all  the
	      state  associated	 with  that  search.  SearchId indicates which
	      search on arrayName to destroy, and must have  been  the	return
	      value  from a previous invocation of array startsearch.  Returns
	      an empty string.

       array exists arrayName
	      Returns 1 if arrayName is an array variable, 0 if	 there	is  no
	      variable by that name or if it is a scalar variable.

       array get arrayName ?pattern?
	      Returns  a list containing pairs of elements.  The first element
	      in each pair is the name of an element in arrayName and the sec‐
	      ond element of each pair is the value of the array element.  The
	      order of the pairs is undefined.	If pattern is  not  specified,
	      then  all	 of  the  elements  of	the  array are included in the
	      result.  If pattern is specified, then only those elements whose
	      names  match  pattern (using the matching rules of string match)
	      are included.  If arrayName is not the name of  an  array	 vari‐
	      able,  or	 if the array contains no elements, then an empty list
	      is returned.  If traces on the array modify  the	list  of  ele‐
	      ments,  the  elements  returned are those that exist both before
	      and after the call to array get.

       array names arrayName ?mode? ?pattern?
	      Returns a list containing the names of all of  the  elements  in
	      the array that match pattern.  Mode may be one of -exact, -glob,
	      or -regexp.  If specified, mode designates which matching	 rules
	      to use to match pattern against the names of the elements in the
	      array.  If not specified, mode defaults to -glob.	 See the docu‐
	      mentation	 for string match for information on glob style match‐
	      ing, and the documentation for regexp for information on	regexp
	      matching.	 If pattern is omitted then the command returns all of
	      the element names in the array.  If there are no (matching) ele‐
	      ments  in the array, or if arrayName is not the name of an array
	      variable, then an empty string is returned.

       array nextelement arrayName searchId
	      Returns the name of the next element in arrayName, or  an	 empty
	      string  if  all elements of arrayName have already been returned
	      in this search.  The searchId argument  identifies  the  search,
	      and must have been the return value of an array startsearch com‐
	      mand.  Warning:  if elements are added to or  deleted  from  the
	      array, then all searches are automatically terminated just as if
	      array donesearch had been invoked; this will  cause  array  nex‐
	      telement operations to fail for those searches.

       array set arrayName list
	      Sets the values of one or more elements in arrayName.  list must
	      have a form like that returned by array get,  consisting	of  an
	      even  number  of elements.  Each odd-numbered element in list is
	      treated as an element name within arrayName, and	the  following
	      element  in  list is used as a new value for that array element.
	      If the variable arrayName does not already  exist	 and  list  is
	      empty, arrayName is created with an empty array value.

       array size arrayName
	      Returns  a  decimal  string giving the number of elements in the
	      array.  If arrayName is not the name  of	an  array  then	 0  is
	      returned.

       array startsearch arrayName
	      This  command  initializes  an element-by-element search through
	      the array given by arrayName, such that invocations of the array
	      nextelement command will return the names of the individual ele‐
	      ments in the array.  When the search  has	 been  completed,  the
	      array donesearch command should be invoked.  The return value is
	      a search identifier that must be used in array  nextelement  and
	      array  donesearch	 commands;  it	allows multiple searches to be
	      underway simultaneously for the same  array.   It	 is  currently
	      more  efficient  and easier to use either the array get or array
	      names, together with foreach, to iterate over all but very large
	      arrays.  See the examples below for how to do this.

       array statistics arrayName
	      Returns  statistics  about  the  distribution of data within the
	      hashtable that represents the array.  This information  includes
	      the  number  of entries in the table, the number of buckets, and
	      the utilization of the buckets.

       array unset arrayName ?pattern?
	      Unsets all of the elements  in  the  array  that	match  pattern
	      (using the matching rules of string match).  If arrayName is not
	      the name of an array variable or there are no matching  elements
	      in  the  array,  no error will be raised.	 If pattern is omitted
	      and arrayName is an array variable, then the command unsets  the
	      entire array.  The command always returns an empty string.

EXAMPLES
	      array set colorcount {
		  red	1
		  green 5
		  blue	4
		  white 9
	      }

	      foreach {color count} [array get colorcount] {
		  puts "Color: $color Count: $count"
	      }
		→ Color: blue Count: 4
		  Color: white Count: 9
		  Color: green Count: 5
		  Color: red Count: 1

	      foreach color [array names colorcount] {
		  puts "Color: $color Count: $colorcount($color)"
	      }
		→ Color: blue Count: 4
		  Color: white Count: 9
		  Color: green Count: 5
		  Color: red Count: 1

	      foreach color [lsort [array names colorcount]] {
		  puts "Color: $color Count: $colorcount($color)"
	      }
		→ Color: blue Count: 4
		  Color: green Count: 5
		  Color: red Count: 1
		  Color: white Count: 9

	      array statistics colorcount
		→ 4 entries in table, 4 buckets
		  number of buckets with 0 entries: 1
		  number of buckets with 1 entries: 2
		  number of buckets with 2 entries: 1
		  number of buckets with 3 entries: 0
		  number of buckets with 4 entries: 0
		  number of buckets with 5 entries: 0
		  number of buckets with 6 entries: 0
		  number of buckets with 7 entries: 0
		  number of buckets with 8 entries: 0
		  number of buckets with 9 entries: 0
		  number of buckets with 10 or more entries: 0
		  average search distance for entry: 1.2

SEE ALSO
       list(n), string(n), variable(n), trace(n), foreach(n)

KEYWORDS
       array, element names, search

Tcl				      8.3			      array(n)
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