Added more Methods to Arrays (Find, FindLast, Contains, Iota).

examples/denise/test_array_new_methods.wx

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+
+#Import "<std>"
+
+Using std..
+
+Function Main()
+
+	'It always returns a new array
+	'we can take advantage of that when creating the array initially.
+	Local _array := New Int[0].Iota( 10, 1, 3 )
+
+	Print _array.ToString()
+
+	Print _array.Find( 4 )			'1
+	Print _array.FindLast( 6 )		'-1
+	Print _array.Contains( 5 )		'False
+	Print _array.Contains( 22 )		'True
+
+	Local i1 := _array.Iota( 30 )
+	Print i1.ToString()
+	i1 = i1.Iota( 20, -19, -2 )
+	Print i1.ToString()
+	i1 = i1.Iota( 10, -4 )
+	Print i1.ToString()
+
+End

modules/wonkey/native/wxarray.h

@@ -232,9 +232,51 @@ template<class T,int D> struct wxArray{
 		for ( int i=0;i<n;++i) {
 			if (i>0) result+=", ";
 			result+=wxString(_rep->_data[i]);
-			}
+		}
 		return result+=" ]";
 	}
+
+	int find( T value, int start )const{
+		wxDebugAssert( start>=0 && start<=length(), "start out of range" );
+		int i = start;
+		int n = length();
+		while (i<n) {
+			if (value==_rep->_data[i]) return i;
+			++i;
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	int findlast( T value, int start )const{
+		wxDebugAssert( start>=0 && start<=length(), "start out of range" );
+		int i = length();
+		int n = start;
+		while (i<n) {
+			--i;
+			if (value==_rep->_data[i]) return i;
+		}
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	bool contains( T value )const{
+		return find( value, 0 )!=-1;
+	}
+
+	wxArray<T,1> iota( int newLength, int start, int step )const{
+		wxDebugAssert( newLength>=0, "new length must not be negative" );
+		auto r=wxArray<T,1>( newLength );
+		int value = start;
+		for( int i=0;i<newLength;++i ) {
+			r.data()[i]=value;
+			if (step>0) {
+				value+=step;
+			}else{
+				value-=step;
+			}
+		}
+		return r;
+	}
+
 };
 
 template<class T,int D> wxString wxDBType( wxArray<T,D> *p ){

modules/wonkey/types.wx

@@ -643,6 +643,36 @@ Struct @Array<T>
 	#end
 	Method ToString:String()="toString"
 
+	#rem wonkeydoc Finds the index of the first matching value in the array.
+	In debug builds, a runtime error will occur if `start` is less than 0 or greater than the length of the stack.
+	@param value The value to find.
+	@param start The starting index for the search.
+	@return The index of the value in the stack, or -1 if the value was not found.
+	#end
+	Method Find:Int( value:T, start:Int = 0 )="find"
+
+	#rem wonkeydoc Finds the index of the last matching value in the array.
+	In debug builds, a runtime error will occur if `start` is less than 0 or greater than the length of the stack.
+	@param value The value to find.
+	@param start The starting index for the search.
+	@return The index of the value in the stack, or -1 if the value was not found.
+	#end
+	Method FindLast:Int( value:T, start:Int = 0 )="findlast"
+
+	#rem wonkeydoc Checks if the array contains a value.
+	@param value The value to check for.
+	@return True if the array contains the value, else false.
+	#end
+	Method Contains:Bool( value:T )="contains"
+
+	#rem wonkeydoc Creates a new Array, consisting of numbers between a starting point
+	and ending point, spaced apart by a given interval.
+	@param newLength Length of new Array.
+	@param start The starting point.
+	@param _step Interval.
+	#end
+	Method Iota:T[]( newLength:Int, start:Int = 0, _step:Int = 1 )="iota"
+
 End
 
 #rem wonkeydoc Base class of all objects.