KeysOfArray

Type

operator

Summary

Returns the keys of an array.

Syntax

the keys of <Target>

Description

note

The resulting list is not necessarily ordered in any way. Use the com.livecode.sort library to sort the keys.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Target		An expression which evaluates to an array.

Examples

variable tArray as Array
put the empty array into tArray
put "value1" into tArray["key1"]
put "value2" into tArray["key2"]
put "value3" into tArray["key3"]

variable tKeys as List
put the keys of tArray into tKeys
sort tKeys in ascending order

variable tKeysString as String
combine tKeys with "," into tKeysString 
// tKeysString is "key1,key2,key3"

Related

library: com.livecode.sort