`ARRAY::RESIZE` 1g 2023-11-22 laplante@plcb.ca GOWEB/ARRAY — Resize an Array

title: “ARRAY::RESIZE” version: “1g” date: 2023-11-22 author: “laplante@plcb.ca”

category: “GOWEB/ARRAY”

array::resize Resize an array

array::resize(array, newsize)
resize(array, newsize)

Resizes an array to the given newsize and returns the updated array.

If newsize is greater than the current size, the array is extended with null values.
If newsize is smaller, the array is truncated.

res={{
    a := [1,2,3,4];
    resize(a, 10);
    a[7] = 7;
    a;
    resize(a,3);
    a;
    resize(a, 10);
    a[8] = 8;
    a;
}}.

Returns:

res=[1,2,3,4,null,null,null,7,null,null]
[1,2,3]
[1,2,3,null,null,null,null,null,8,null]

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