Arrays

Arrays in Tim Engine represents a collection of values that can be of any type, including other arrays or objects. The std/arrays library provides functions for creating and working with arrays in your templates and scripts.

🔗Creating arrays

You can create an array using the [] syntax. For example:

var fruits = ["apple", "banana", "cherry"]

🔗Accessing array elements

You can access individual elements of an array using their index, which starts at 0. For example:

echo fruits[0]  // Output: apple
echo fruits[1]  // Output: banana

🔗The Library

The std/arrays library provides various functions for manipulating arrays, such as adding, removing, and sorting elements. Here is the list of available functions in the std/arrays library:

🔗add

function add*(arr: array, item: any): array

Add a new item to the end of an array.

🔗insert

function insert*(arr: array, item: any, offset: int): array

Insert an item into an array at a specific index.

🔗delete

function delete*(arr: array, index: int): array

Delete an item from an array at a specific index.

🔗join

function join*(arr: array, separator: string): string

Join the elements of an array into a single string, separated by a specified separator.

🔗contains

function contains*(arr: array, item: any): boolean

Check if an array contains a specific item.