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Twitchy250 10-28-16 07:14 PM
Dictionary-Attempt to Index Field ? a Nil Value help
 
Hello WoW Interface,

I have been working on a simple AH analytics Addon and requires a bit of a bulky dictionary and have not worked with dictionaries outside of php (which has been a while).

The way I am trying to lay out the dictionary is UrchinDictionary as the primary dictionary table with the key [1] holding a setting determining the number of snapshots of the AH to hold and [2]-[3]-[4] ect holding each snapshot.

Because each snapshot can contain a lot of info on a single item due to multiple listings, it makes it a little more complicated. (reading the dictionary to me is the easy part)

I have successfully pulled data from the AH and input listings into a table, but not completely having my head wrapped around a dictionary is giving me some complications.

NOTE: some variables still have to be edited to become local variables

I believe this is all the code neccessary to show:

Code:
--UrchinDictionary is a saved variable that is working properly when adding records to a simple table

DictionaryFix = {}      -- A Dictionary to store multiple records, and then slipped into UrchinDictionary[x] (UrchinDictionary[1] holds the number of dictionaries to hold)
DictionaryFixOne = 0  --haven't thought of a better name for these variables yet

function UrchinReadAH()
  --print("Reading AH");
    local totalAuctions
    local UrchinCounterOne, UrchinCounterTwo
    --local DictionaryFixOne=0
    numBatchAuctions, totalAuctions = GetNumAuctionItems("list") --numBatchAuctions, MaxAuctions = GetNumAuctionItems("list") --_,MaxAuctions = GetNumAuctionItems("list")
    for tableloop=1,totalAuctions do
          name, texture, count, quality, canUse, level, levelColHeader, minBid, minIncrement, buyoutPrice, bidAmount, highBidder, bidderFullName, owner, ownerFullName, saleStatus, itemId, hasAllInfo = GetAuctionItemInfo("list", 1) --name, texture, count, quality, canUse, level, minBid, minIncrement, buyoutPrice, bidAmount, highestBidder, owner, sold=GetAuctionItemInfo("list",tableloop)
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][1]=name;    --UrchinDictionary[#UrchinDictionary+1]=name
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][2]=texture
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][3]=count
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][4]=quality
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][5]=canUse
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][6]=level
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][7]=levelColHeader
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][8]=minBid
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][9]=minIncrement
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][10]=buyoutPrice
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][11]=bidAmount
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][12]=highBidder
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][13]=bidderFullName
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][14]=owner
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][15]=ownerFullName
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][16]=saleStatus
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][17]=itemId
          DictionaryFix[DictionaryFixOne+1][18]=hasAllInfo
          --print(name);
          DictionaryFixOne=DictionaryFixOne+1
    end
    --local UrchinNumRecords=UrchinDictionary[1]
    UrchinDictionary[2]=DictionaryFix
    --return DictionaryFix
end
I am trying to use the DictionaryFixOne variable to determine DictionaryFix[x], each time the for loop loops to increment by one so DictionaryFix[1] becomes DictionaryFix[2] the next time around

And on top of my issue with the getting the dictionary to work, because a simple AH search can result in multiple listings, the code above is assuming there will only be one listing

Any help is greatly appreciated! Thank you all in advanced :cool:

Twitchy250 10-28-16 09:20 PM
I guess to simplyfy things I'm asking if someone could give an example of how to properly create a dictionary, or put arrays inside another array

Ketho 10-28-16 10:04 PM
Lua tables can be used as both indexed and associative arrays
(if that's what you mean with dictionaries)

https://www.lua.org/pil/2.5.html -- Tables
http://www.lua.org/pil/11.2.html -- Matrices and Multi-Dimensional Arrays

Here are 2 examples of associative tables
Lua Code:
  1. local myTable = {
  2.     India = "juliet",
  3.     alpha = "bravo",
  4.     echo = "foxtrot",
  5.     Charlie = "delta",
  6.     golf = "hotel",
  7. }
  8.  
  9. local someTable = {}
  10. someTable.foo = "hello"
  11. someTable["bar"] = 123
  12. someTable[7] = "world"

Another 2 examples of a multidimensional array/table
Lua Code:
  1. -- sequential/index keys can be ommitted in this case but just an example
  2. local myTable = {
  3.     [1] = {1, 2, 3},
  4.     [2] = {1, 2, 3},
  5.     [3] = {1, 2, 3},
  6.     [4] = {1, 2, 3},
  7. }
  8.  
  9. local someTable = {}
  10.  
  11. for i = 1, 4 do
  12.     someTable[i] = {}
  13.     for j = 1, 3 do
  14.         someTable[i][j] = j
  15.     end
  16. end

Quote:
Originally Posted by Twitchy250 (Post 320426)
The way I am trying to lay out the dictionary is UrchinDictionary as the primary dictionary table with the key [1] holding a setting determining the number of snapshots of the AH to hold and [2]-[3]-[4] ect holding each snapshot.

Because each snapshot can contain a lot of info on a single item due to multiple listings, it makes it a little more complicated. (reading the dictionary to me is the easy part)

Looking at your code I would rewrite it like this (untested),
but I honestly... can't understand what you're trying to do so there's probably a better way to do this :S
Lua Code:
  1. local dictionaryFix = {}
  2.  
  3. local function ReadAH()
  4.     local _, totalAuctions = GetNumAuctionItems("list")
  5.     for i = 1, totalAuctions do -- sorry for wasting tables
  6.         dictionaryFix[i] = {GetAuctionItemInfo("list", i)}
  7.     end
  8. end

(edit) wait, why couldn't you just continue in your previous thread? :x
http://www.wowinterface.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=54731


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