Issues with storing Hex Colours in an array

[PixelMochii]

Hiya, I'm attempting to store a bunch of hex colours into a 2d array so that I can access them later to randomise colour schemes, but using the $ symbol in my array returns an invalid syntax error. Does anyone know how to store colours in this form without gamemaker hating it?

the 2D array I want to create:

ranCol = 
[
    [$FFFFFF, $FF99FF, $7F4810, $4C0002, $2D130D, $000000],
    [$E2DDFD, $95A0FA, $CBD99F, $798B02, $994C2D, $991E38],
    [$FFFFFF, $FF99FF, $7F4810, $4C0002, $2D130D, $000000],
    [$E2DDFD, $95A0FA, $CBD99F, $798B02, $994C2D, $991E38],
    [$FFFFFF, $FF99FF, $7F4810, $4C0002, $2D130D, $000000],
];

Error:

Object: oCellAuto Event: Create at line 7 : unexpected symbol "[$" in expression

 

[Amon]

Why not just store the numbers, then when a random is retrieved append the '$' sign to the beginning of it using the string commands and plop the result into a new string?

 

[chamaeleon]

I'm going to guess the parser is interpreting $ as the struct accessor which is not correct in this context. Switch to using 0x instead.

ranCol =
[
    [0xFFFFFF, 0xFF99FF, 0x7F4810, 0x4C0002, 0x2D130D, 0x000000],
    [0xE2DDFD, 0x95A0FA, 0xCBD99F, 0x798B02, 0x994C2D, 0x991E38],
    [0xFFFFFF, 0xFF99FF, 0x7F4810, 0x4C0002, 0x2D130D, 0x000000],
    [0xE2DDFD, 0x95A0FA, 0xCBD99F, 0x798B02, 0x994C2D, 0x991E38],
    [0xFFFFFF, 0xFF99FF, 0x7F4810, 0x4C0002, 0x2D130D, 0x000000],
];

 

[RefresherTowel]

Why not just store the numbers, then when a random is retrieved append the '$' sign to the beginning of it using the string commands and plop the result into a new string?

I don't think a string would function in the same way as the actual hex number when it comes to assigning colours.

 

[Terminator_Pony]

You just need to put a space between the [ and the $, runs fine.