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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/classes/Array.xml')
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diff --git a/doc/classes/Array.xml b/doc/classes/Array.xml index fd5ba57615..a72ac60536 100644 --- a/doc/classes/Array.xml +++ b/doc/classes/Array.xml @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ [/codeblocks] [b]Note:[/b] Arrays are always passed by reference. To get a copy of an array that can be modified independently of the original array, use [method duplicate]. [b]Note:[/b] Erasing elements while iterating over arrays is [b]not[/b] supported and will result in unpredictable behavior. + [b]Differences between packed arrays, typed arrays, and untyped arrays:[/b] Packed arrays are generally faster to iterate on and modify compared to a typed array of the same type (e.g. [PackedInt64Array] versus [code]Array[int][/code]). Also, packed arrays consume less memory. As a downside, packed arrays are less flexible as they don't offer as many convenience methods such as [method Array.map]. Typed arrays are in turn faster to iterate on and modify than untyped arrays. </description> <tutorials> </tutorials> @@ -57,7 +58,30 @@ <param index="2" name="class_name" type="StringName" /> <param index="3" name="script" type="Variant" /> <description> - Creates a typed array from the [param base] array. + Creates a typed array from the [param base] array. All arguments are required. + - [param type] is the built-in type as a [enum Variant.Type] constant, for example [constant TYPE_INT]. + - [param class_name] is the [b]native[/b] class name, for example [Node]. If [param type] is not [constant TYPE_OBJECT], must be an empty string. + - [param script] is the associated script. Must be a [Script] instance or [code]null[/code]. + Examples: + [codeblock] + class_name MyNode + extends Node + + class MyClass: + pass + + func _ready(): + var a = Array([], TYPE_INT, &"", null) # Array[int] + var b = Array([], TYPE_OBJECT, &"Node", null) # Array[Node] + var c = Array([], TYPE_OBJECT, &"Node", MyNode) # Array[MyNode] + var d = Array([], TYPE_OBJECT, &"RefCounted", MyClass) # Array[MyClass] + [/codeblock] + [b]Note:[/b] This constructor can be useful if you want to create a typed array on the fly, but you are not required to use it. In GDScript you can use a temporary variable with the static type you need and then pass it: + [codeblock] + func _ready(): + var a: Array[int] = [] + some_func(a) + [/codeblock] </description> </constructor> <constructor name="Array"> @@ -323,19 +347,19 @@ <method name="get_typed_builtin" qualifiers="const"> <return type="int" /> <description> - Returns the [enum Variant.Type] constant for a typed array. If the [Array] is not typed, returns [constant TYPE_NIL]. + Returns the built-in type of the typed array as a [enum Variant.Type] constant. If the array is not typed, returns [constant TYPE_NIL]. </description> </method> <method name="get_typed_class_name" qualifiers="const"> <return type="StringName" /> <description> - Returns a class name of a typed [Array] of type [constant TYPE_OBJECT]. + Returns the [b]native[/b] class name of the typed array if the built-in type is [constant TYPE_OBJECT]. Otherwise, this method returns an empty string. </description> </method> <method name="get_typed_script" qualifiers="const"> <return type="Variant" /> <description> - Returns the script associated with a typed array tied to a class name. + Returns the script associated with the typed array. This method returns a [Script] instance or [code]null[/code]. </description> </method> <method name="has" qualifiers="const" keywords="includes, contains"> |