Help with Hashtable natives

[NineClick]

What is the difference between parentKey and childKey? What if I have 1 for parentKey and 0 for childKey? What will happen? Is it a row and a column? What is FlushChildHashtable? What is FlushParentHashtable? What is agent? I just need an idea on how to use these things. Thanks.

 

[Azlier]

Think of a hashtable as a 2-D array.

This is your average array.

[]
[]
[]
[]
[]

This is a 2-D array.

[] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] []
[] [] [] [] []

Parentkey can be rows, childkey columns. Or vice versa, it's the same data either way.

An agent is pretty much any handle that can leak. Except for players, I think.

[lJASS]FlushParentHashtable[/lJASS] clears all the data under a certain parent key. [lJASS]FlushChildHashtable[/lJASS] clears a certain childkey, I believe. Or all childkeys with the id. I'm not sure about this one.

 

[Weep]

According to the tips in the GUI, FlushParentHashtable clears the entire hashtable, while FlushChildHashtable clears all children of a certain parent key.

 

[Azlier]

And that's what I get for not using hashtables.

 

[NineClick]

Ah ok. So it's like a row and column. I'm storing data in Row x and Column x of a hashtable. So any integer is fine?

 

[kingkingyyk3]

Yes

 

[Viikuna]

Integers dont really represent anything, which kinda suck, but happily JassHelper can generate those integers for you, if you use keys.

See more about keys here: link.

So, instead of using numbers such as 0, 1 and 2, that dont really mean anything, you can use meaningful words, like: BuffType, BuffInstance, BuffSource, etc.

 

[NineClick]

So, instead of using numbers such as 0, 1 and 2, that dont really mean anything, you can use meaningful words, like: BuffType, BuffInstance, BuffSource, etc.

wow. nice. i didn't know that. i thought its really a number. thanks. that will make things a lot easier for me now. thanks guys! bump! :thup:

PS: thanks for the link. its very useful.