Expand on the default Array Functions

[RayFarmer]

Handling arrays in TestStand is pretty limiting and more often that not you have to pop into a code module to perform any sort of array handling.

The following is the default functions that can be used in expressions:

[Array
GetArrayBounds(array, lower, upper) Retrieves the upper and lower bounds of an array.
GetNumElements(array) Returns the number of elements in an array.
InsertElements(array, index, numElements) Inserts new elements into a one-dimensional array.
RemoveElements(array, index, numElements) Removes elements from a one-dimensional array.
SetArrayBounds(array, lower, upper) Changes the bounds of an array.
SetNumElements(array, numElements) Sets the number of elements in a one-dimensional array.

]

I would like to see this expanded to avoided have to resort to using code module.
The following is some suggestion:

Array Subset function
Array Max & Min
Replace Array Subset function
Search 1D Array
Sort 1D Array

regards

Ray Farmer

[crelf]

I wish I could kudos this idea more than once 🙂

[PhillipBrooks]

Kudo'ed!

When all you use with TestStand is LabVIEW, array manipulation like this can become memory and CPU intensive 😞

[Sergey_Kolbunov]

I would expand default functions with handling arrays of more than 1D size. Say, GetNumElements() works just for 1D arrays, but I need it for 2D arrays often.

[RayFarmer]

That is true, try ArrayDimensions.GetDimensionsSizes for multi dimension arrays.

[Anjan Karanam]

Hey everyone, as Jervin previously indicated, we're considering this idea.  If you have any more functionality that you would like to see included in TestStand regarding the arrays, please add your comments to this post.  Thanks!

[RayFarmer]

One that has just reappeared on the forum and that is the ability to initialise all the elements of an array with a particular value.

[RayFarmer]

Also include emptying the array (including 2D which doesn't appear possible at the moment).

[dug9000]

You can empty multi-dimensional arrays with an expression similar to the following: SetArrayBounds(Locals.Local, "[0][0]", "[][]")

I agree there should be some more straightforward way to do this though, or perhaps the documentation/tooltip for SetNumElements should explain this.

-Doug

[RayFarmer]

Thanks for that Dug.