Allow Array to Cluster Type

[Chris_Koci]

The "Array to Cluster" primitive should allow you to pass in a cluster type.  This allows the output of the primitive to know the names of the elements, as well as how many there are.  If the cluster type is wired, you would not need to specify Cluster Size.

[smercurio_fc]

This may be a subset (or superset) of this idea: Change CLUSTER SIZE to a Wired Input.

[Jim_Kring]

Great idea!

Until this is implemented, you can use the OpenG “Array of VData to VCluster” VI (as shown here) to do the same thing.

[peos]

This might be an alternative. Or, is typecasting dangeruos to use?

[LukeASomers]

We just came across the need to do something like this (in our case, it was common initialization before treating elements very differently). If you need to, you can bundle the cluster type into a new anonymous cluster, replace its contents with the sorted array-to-cluster result, and unbundle it.

[GregSands]

If you're brave/silly enough to use an XNode, I wrote one a while back to do just this: https://lavag.org/topic/14422-array-to-cluster

Which means this idea is likely a duplicate of http://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW-Idea-Exchange/Array-To-Cluster-Function-add-Type-to-Convert-Cluster/... (or vice versa based on date).

[Alexander_Sobolev]

I think this idea needs second life. Typecast and variant solutions do not work when cluster is from strings.

Current Cluster to Array + Variant to Data gives names to the cluster elements, but still requires correct size in Cluster to Array.

[AristosQueue (NI)]

Use the "Coerce To Type" primitive, added in LabVIEW 2018.

(Not the same as marking this idea as Complete, but it completely solves the problem of going through variants.)