Hi Lewis,
You're forgetting, like I often do, the parentheses for the method [.Sort()].
...
XXX = TestFunction().Sort()
DoPrint(XXX.Sort())
DoPrint(TestFunction().Sort())
For Each S In XXX.Sort()
Print S
Next
Print "-------"
For Each S In TestFunction().Sort()
Print S
Next
...
Lee
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On 01/07/2015 05:55 PM, Lewis Balentine wrote:
> I was playing around trying to learn how to pass string arrays back and
> forth.
> I then looked at the array.sort function. The prototype in the Wiki
> indicates that it returns an "string[]".
>
> Function Sort([Mode As Integer]) As String[]
>
> However it seems that I can not use the returned values(s) where I would
> normally use an array. It appears to to me to operate more as a SUB than
> a FUNCTION in that it resorts the array but does not return something
> that I can use in another function or procedure. Is my interpretation of
> the prototype wrong-headed ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Lewis Balentine
>
> '================================================
> Private Function TestFunction() As String[]
> Return ["TEST:abcdefghij", "TEST:1234567890", "TEST:ABCDEFGHIJ"]
> End
>
> Private Sub DoPrint(XXX As String[])
> Dim S As String
> For Each S In XXX
> Print S
> Next
> Print "------"
> End
>
>
> Public Sub Main()
> ' From Gambas Wiki:
> ' Function Sort([Mode As Integer]) As String[]
> ' Sort the array.
> '
> Dim XXX As String[] = ["XXX:abcdefghij", "XXX:1234567890",
> "XXX:ABCDEFGHIJ"]
> Dim S As String
>
> ' All of the following work as expected
> DoPrint(XXX)
> DoPrint(TestFunction())
> XXX.Sort
> DoPrint(XXX)
> XXX = TestFunction()
> XXX.Sort
> DoPrint(XXX)
>
> ' None of the following works: Type Mismatch, wanted string[] got
> function instead
> ' xxx = TestFunction().sort
> ' DoPrint(XXX.sort)
> ' DoPrint(TestFunction().sort)
>
> ' For Each S In XXX.Sort ' not an object
> ' Print S
> ' Next
> ' Print "-------"
>
> ' For Each S In TestFunction().sort ' not an object
> ' Print S
> ' Next
>
> Quit
> End
>
> ' [System]
> ' Gambas = 3.6.2
> ' OperatingSystem = Linux
> ' Kernel = 3.13.0 - 24 - generic
> ' Architecture = x86_64
> ' Distribution = Linux Mint 17 Qiana
> ' Desktop = MATE
> ' Theme = QGtk
> ' Language = en_US.UTF - 8
> ' Memory = 15994 M
> ' [Libraries]
> ' Cairo = libcairo.so.2.11301.0
> ' Curl = libcurl.so.4.3.0
> ' DBus = libdbus - 1. so.3.7.6
> ' GStreamer = libgstreamer - 0.10.so.0.30.0
> ' GStreamer = libgstreamer - 1.0.so.0.204.0
> ' GTK + 3 = libgtk - 3. so.0.1000.8
> ' GTK += libgtk - x11 - 2.0.so.0.2400.23
> ' OpenGL = libGL.so.1.2.0
> ' Poppler = libpoppler.so.44.0.0
> ' Qt4 = libQtCore.so.4.8.6
> ' SDL = libSDL - 1.2.so.0.11.4
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