[Swift-user] Question about arrays of struct data

[Michael Wilde]

> I changed my mind, readData works just fine ;-)

OK.

If the arrays are of modest size, you can make them constant array constructors and then set the structure with a foreach and assignment statements.

Swift doesnt have structure initialization constructors, but perhaps it should, eg ala Perl.

- Mike


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lorenzo Pesce" <lpesce at uchicago.edu>
> Cc: "Swift User Discussion List" <swift-user at ci.uchicago.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 1:21:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Swift-user] Question about arrays of struct data
> 
> I changed my mind, readData works just fine ;-)
> 
> On Mar 20, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Lorenzo Pesce wrote:
> 
> > I need to create a struct that will become more complex with time,
> > let's say this is what it looks like now:
> > 
> > type Sample{
> >    string name;
> >    string dir;
> > }
> > 
> > Then I need an array of such structs
> > 
> > Sample [] mySamples;
> > 
> > However, I would like to create the struct on the fly into the
> > swift script itself. For arrays I would typically do
> > string FileID [] =
> > ["C440.TCGA-BR-7196-10A-01D-2053-08.2","C440.TCGA-CG-4477-10A-01D-1158-08.5"];
> > 
> > How can I do that for a struct? (I don't want to use readData, but
> > I can if there is no other choice)
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Lorenzo
> > 
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