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AlexR846
Level III

Create a list for each elements present in a list.

Dear All,

 

Trying to create a list for each items present in a list.

 

Already have,

MasterList = {"test1", "test2"};

 

Required,

Append the string "value" to each items present in the MasterList and have to make each item as an individual list.

 

test1value = {};

test2value = {};

 

Thanks, Alex.

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Georg
Level VII

Re: Create a list for each elements present in a list.

Great Idea of Mark. 

This may look as follows in your case. You can effectively manage many lists in an Associative Array.

 

Names Default To Here( 1 );

MasterList = {"test1", "test2"};

// many variables containing lists
For Each( {item}, Masterlist, Eval( Parse( Eval Insert( "^item^value= {};" ) ) ) );
Show( test1value, test2value );

// associative array containing lists
Master_AA = Associative Array();
For Each( {item, index}, Masterlist, Master_AA[Masterlist[index] || "value"] = {} );
Master_AA["test1value"] = {1, 2, 3}; For Each( {key}, Master_AA, Show( key, Master_AA[key] ) );
Georg

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Georg
Level VII

Re: Create a list for each elements present in a list.

Probably this helps

Names Default To Here( 1 );

MasterList = {"test1", "test2"};

For Each( {item}, Masterlist, Eval( Parse( Eval Insert( "^item^value= {};" ) ) ) );
Show( test1value, test2value );
Georg

Re: Create a list for each elements present in a list.

You might want to use Associative Arrays instead of Lists.

Georg
Level VII

Re: Create a list for each elements present in a list.

Great Idea of Mark. 

This may look as follows in your case. You can effectively manage many lists in an Associative Array.

 

Names Default To Here( 1 );

MasterList = {"test1", "test2"};

// many variables containing lists
For Each( {item}, Masterlist, Eval( Parse( Eval Insert( "^item^value= {};" ) ) ) );
Show( test1value, test2value );

// associative array containing lists
Master_AA = Associative Array();
For Each( {item, index}, Masterlist, Master_AA[Masterlist[index] || "value"] = {} );
Master_AA["test1value"] = {1, 2, 3}; For Each( {key}, Master_AA, Show( key, Master_AA[key] ) );
Georg
AlexR846
Level III

Re: Create a list for each elements present in a list.

Thank you Georg, & Mark !!

Both solutions did the job !!

pmroz
Super User

Re: Create a list for each elements present in a list.

Slightly different approach using an associative array:

Names Default To Here( 1 );

MasterList = {"test1", "test2"};

// associative array containing lists
Master_AA = Associative Array();
for (i = 1, i <= nitems(masterlist), i++,
	one_key = masterlist[i];
	master_aa[one_key] = {};
);

// Load the lists with some data
insertinto(master_aa["test1"], {1, 2, 3});
insertinto(master_aa["test2"], {4, 5, 6});

print(master_aa);

Output:

["test1" => {1, 2, 3}, "test2" => {4, 5, 6}]
ErraticAttack
Level VI

Re: Create a list for each elements present in a list.

Just a quick point -- using Eval( Parse( Eval Insert( ... ) ) ) can be somewhat cumbersome and slow (although the slowdown is only apparent with a great many calls).  You can avoid it by accessing the "here" namespace directly, as follows:

 

Names Default To Here( 1 );

MasterList = {"test1", "test2"};

here = Namespace( "here" );
// many variables containing lists
For Each( {item}, Masterlist, here[item || "value"] = {} );
Show( test1value, test2value );
Jordan