Need help with 2 and 3 Dimentional arrays

[Trithilon-V2]

Guyz...i am working on a inventory system in gui.
Now i have searched the forum on this but the info i got was quite irrevelent or incomplete or was for jassers.
So any one knows of a system that helps you use 1 or more single dimentional arrays as a 2 or 3 dimentional array?
I need this to keep record of items carried by heroes on the map.
the minimun array size should be 100(units)X 5(Pages) X 6(Slots) = 3000

 

[Flare]

I don't think you can make multi-dimensional arrays (not really sure on exactly what they are, or how they work though)

You could set arrays 1 - 100 as first item slot, first page for each unit
101 - 200 as second item slot, first page.

So...
((Page number X Slot number) - 1) + Custom value of the unit
(or whatever way you refer to each unit)

 

[Trithilon-V2]

yea....what seems to ease the problem...but that would be a workaround.
I read a few posts from daelin saying e had made one such system...
So is it possible? even if it means goin in jass?

 

[Kerberos]

Yeah, there's no way (at least with the normal WE) to make an array of arrays. (Definitely not with the GUI, and if you tried JASS, it would interpret the second "array" as a variable name and scold you for using a special word where you shouldn't.)

And with (page * slot) - 1 + custom value, the second page in the first slot for a unit will yield the same thing as the first page in the second slot for the same unit. I suggest

((Slot # - 1) * 500) + ((Unit # - 1) * 5) + (Page # - 1)

or more generally, for any number of dimensions,

((V1 - 1) * (max value of V2 * max value of V3 * max value of V4...))
+ ((V2 - 1) * (max value of V3 * max value of V4...))
+ (V3 - 1) * (max value of V4 * max value of V5...)
+ etc.

So in this case, your three variables are page number, slot number, and unit number, so your options are:
(Slot-1)*500 or (Unit-1)*30 or (Page-1)*600
+ (Slot-1)*(100 or 5) or (Unit-1)*(5 or 6) or (Page-1)*(100 or 6)
+ (Slot-1) or (Unit-1) or (Page-1)

(This is assuming that your unit numbering scheme (I suggest custom values as well) begins with one and increases by one number each time.)

 

[Flare]

And with (page * slot) - 1 + custom value, the second page in the first slot for a unit will yield the same thing as the first page in the second slot for the same unit. I suggest

Oops, I meant to multiply by 100 :|

(((Page number X Slot number) - 1) * Max number of units) + Custom value of the unit
Custom value of the units should go from 0 to ((max number of units) - 1), to prevent overlaps

 

[Trithilon-V2]

wow a nice formula...but i dunno how to implement it over here....i mean, i use an array of size 100 to mark all heroes with multiple pages in inventory. I use a for loop to check if its the same unit in the array when ever the trigger fires.
And beacause my inventory system uses stacking bonuses i have decided 2 pages as the maximum limit with 6 slots in each page.
So here

So in this case, your three variables are page number, slot number, and unit number, so your options are:
(Slot-1)*500 or (Unit-1)*30 or (Page-1)*600
+ (Slot-1)*(100 or 5) or (Unit-1)*(5 or 6) or (Page-1)*(100 or 6)
+ (Slot-1) or (Unit-1) or (Page-1)

are you suggesting the result to be the array number?

Still let me give it a shot....this calls for immense testing.
Brb in a few hrs.