How to make a Jagged Array global?

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I just found out in my last question that I can only define / initialize a jagged array in a function.

I need to be able to make a jagged array exposed globally though!

Unity doesn't seem to like this:

 var my JaggedArray : int[][];

I throws errors at me when I write that, but it is the only way I see to expose it globally!

Please help. This is the final piece I need to get what I want up and running!

Thanks! - YA

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Answer by Eric5h5 · May 22, 2013 at 03:49 AM

Unityscript doesn't have the syntax required to explicitly define the type of a jagged array. If the array is not actually jagged, you can use a 2D array:

 var myArray : int[,];

Otherwise you can make a List of int[] arrays.

 var myArray : List.< int[] >;

Another possibility would be to define a jagged array implicitly using dummy values just to get the type, then assign actual values elsewhere as necessary.

 var myArray = [[1]];

 function Start () {
     myArray = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5], [6], [7, 8, 9]];
 }

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youngapprentice · May 22, 2013 at 11:12 AM 0

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Thanks! I ended up using Generic Lists and utilizing to ToArray function to make a jagged array from it. This is a bit off topic, but what kind of array is a [[]]? I have never seen that! (Only [,], [][])

Eric5h5 · May 22, 2013 at 04:14 PM 0

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It's a jagged array, like I said. It's implicitly declared using the $$anonymous$$imum number of elements.

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