The new NewList API is very nice. I love the general-purpose handing this allows.

My first attempt to use it failed, though, as I wanted to create a list and return it from a function. There doesn't seem to be a type that matches what that list is (unless I missed it). I tried a general-purpose "list", and that failed. And there is nothing in the GUI that would match.

Is there some way to do something like this:

<function name="MyFunc" parameters="" type="????">
  List = NewList()
  list add(List, 1)
  list add(List, 2)
  return (List)
</function>

Thanks!

jaynabonne wrote:The new NewList API is very nice. I love the general-purpose handing this allows.

My first attempt to use it failed, though, as I wanted to create a list and return it from a function. There doesn't seem to be a type that matches what that list is (unless I missed it). I tried a general-purpose "list", and that failed. And there is nothing in the GUI that would match.

Is there some way to do something like this:

<function name="MyFunc" parameters="" type="????">
  List = NewList()
  list add(List, 1)
  list add(List, 2)
  return (List)
</function>

Thanks!

NewList() returns an empty list of the type "list" so you should use:

<function name="MyFunc" parameters="" type="list">
  List = NewList()
  list add(List, 1)
  list add(List, 2)
  return (List)
</function>

However, if you know the type of list items in advance, it would be better to use NewStringList() / "stringlist", and NewObjectList() / "objectlist" respectively.

<function name="MakeStringList" parameters="" type="stringlist">
  List = NewStringList()
  list add(List, "123")
  list add(List, "456")
  return (List)
</function>

<function name="MakeObjectList" parameters="" type="objectlist">
  List = NewObjectList()
  list add(List, room1)
  list add(List, room2)
  return (List)
</function>

You can also use dictionaries instead of lists:

<function name="MakeRoomDictionary" parameters="" type="dictionary">
  dict = NewDictionary()
  dictionary add(dict, "Bedroom", room1)
  dictionary add(dict, "Lounge", room2)
  return (dict)
</function>

I would have bet my life that I had tried "list" before and it didn't work. I must have made a mistake then or something. (I probably typed "List".)

Thanks!