[General] Help to make 3 columns of integer

[warpten090]

Creep Level Item number Number of time it dropped
1 1 0
1 2 0
2 1 0
2 2 0

How to make an array that stores those info . World Editor don't support 2D Integer Array

 

[Nichilus]

use hashtable:

• Parent key => creep level
• Child key => item number
• Value => number of time it dropped

 

[ThompZon]

Imo Nichilus gave the "correct" solution.

Other solutions include:

• There is also the classic of "flattening" the multi dimentional array to one dimension with the power of math.
  • for 2D: y * Y_SIZE + x
  • for 3D: z * Y_SIZE * X_SIZE + y * Y_SIZE + x
• Having one array per column
• Using some lua or jass construction that basically does what Nichilus said.

 

[Meticulous]

Just for the sake of adding another option, you can use integer-to-string/string-to-integer alongside concatenate strings to reference sections of that integer/string. E.G.

• Set integerA = (Random integer number between 1 and 10)
• Set integerB = (Integer(((String(integerA)) + (String((Level of (Triggering unit)))))))
• Item - Create ItemType[integerB] at (Position of (Triggering unit))
• Set ItemDropCount[integerB] = ItemDropCount[integerB] + 1

I've done this before for using a unit's "Point Value" in the object editor to assign a bunch of extra data, though in this example it won't work if units can drop more than 10 items and units can be over level 10 since a level 11 unit dropping item 1 and a level 1 unit dropping item 11 would both return 111.

 

[warpten090]

I solved it myself by using hashtable

• Set Variable Set numberofTimeDropItemArray[(Integer A)] = (Load (Integer A) of (Level of (Triggering unit)) from hashtable.)

• Hashtable - Save numberofTimeDropItemArray[(Integer A)] as (Integer A) of (Level of (Triggering unit)) in hashtable .