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Per Amundsen, 02/24/2023 05:30 AM


Added in 4.4

/mtable -aTNAVB <name> [N..] <item> <value>
/mtable -eTNAVB <name> [N..] <N> <item> <value>
/mtable -iTNAVB <name> [N..] <N> <item> <value>
/mtable -d <name> [N..] <N>
/mtable -f <name>

Adds/removes/inserts/modifies items in a multi dimensional table/array.

Items are not unique and the table is always ordered based on the N position in the table.

See also $mtable.

Parameters

Parameter Description
<name> Name of the table to modify.
[N..] Indicates the item should be added/inserted/deleted from sub table at position N, subsequent N parameters travels further down.
<N> The Nth item in a table or sub table to modify.
<item> The item name.
<value> The item value.

Switches

Switch Description
-a Add a new item to a table.
-e Edit a item in a table.
-i Insert a new item to a table.
-d Delete a item from a table.
-f Free/delete a table.
-T Indicates the type is text.
-N Indicates the type is a number.
-B Indicates the type is a boolean.
-A Indicates the type is a sub table/array.

Example

; Add item1/value1 to the table 'table1'.
//mtable -a table1 item1 value1

; Add sub table 'item2' to the table 'table1'.
//mtable -aA table1 item2 value2

; Insert item3/value3 at position '1' in the table 'table1'.
//mtable -i table1 1 item3 value3

; Print number of items in table 'table1'.
//echo -ag Number of items in table1 is $mtable(table1, 0)

; Print the first items in table 'table1'.
//echo -ag First item in table1 is $mtable(table1, 1).item

; Delete the first item in table 'table1'.
//mtable -d table1 1

; Free the table 'table1'.
//mtable -f table1

; Add a new sub table to table 'table1',
//mtable -aA table1 sub1 sub1

; Add a new item to the sub table located at position '1' in table 'table1'.
//mtable -a table1 1 item1 value1

; Print the first item in the table 'table1', which is a sub table.
//echo -ag First item in table1 is $mtable(table1, 1).item - $mtable(table1, 1).type

; Print the first item in the sub table located at position '1' in table 'table1'.
//echo -ag First item in sub table1 is $mtable(table1, 1, 1).item

; Generates a json output of table 'table1'.
// echo -ag $mtable(table1).json

; Generates a ini output of table 'table1'.
// echo -ag $mtable(table1).ini

; Generates a xml output of sub table at position '1' in table 'table1'.
// echo -ag $mtable(table1, 1).xml

Updated by Per Amundsen over 1 year ago · 5 revisions

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