[SOLVED] Accessing array

[Bentley]

I have a dumb question, but, oh well, I'll look silly. Lets say I create a ds_grid and set every position to be a pointer for an array:

global.grid = ds_grid_create(COLS, ROWS);

for (var xx = 0; xx < COLS; xx++)
{
    for (var yy = 0; yy < ROWS; yy++)
    {
        global.grid[# xx, yy] = [EAST, WEST, SOUTH, NORTH];
    }
}

I know I can access the pointer for the array and the values for that array like so:

var a = global.grid[# 0, 0]; // Store the pointer for the array at grid position 0,0
show_message(a[0]); // EAST
show_message(a[1]); // WEST
show_message(a[2]); // SOUTH
show_message(a[3]); // NORTH

Is there a way to use the pointer directly from the grid? These obviously don't work, but this is what I had in mind.

show_message(global.grid[# 0, 0].[0]);
show_message(global.grid[# 0, 0][0]);

 

[FrostyCat]

It won't work for now because accessor chaining is still on the roadmap, but until then you can use this.

 

[Bentley]

It won't work for now because accessor chaining is still on the roadmap, but until then you can use this.

Thanks for the reply, and I'll look into the link.