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Question by sgmongo · Jul 15, 2014 at 04:56 AM · javascriptbugmultidimensional array

Entering Data into a 2d array overwrite issue.

I've searched all over for a answer about this question, and haven't turned anything up. Essentially when I enter in values to a multidimensional array in Java/Unityscript it overwrites values for all other parts of the Array. I'm starting to think that its something simple I have overlooked. Here is the simple version:

     var majorFeatures : Array = new Array();
     var emptyArr : Array = new Array();
     majorFeatures[0] = emptyArr;
     majorFeatures[1] = emptyArr;
     majorFeatures[0][0] = "M";
     Debug.Log(majorFeatures[0][0]); // Returns value "M"
     majorFeatures[1][0] = "O";
     Debug.Log(majorFeatures[0][0]); // Returns value "O" when it should still be "M"

I'm confuzzled to the point of hair-pulling. Any guidance not involving degradation is most appreciated!

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Answer by vexe · Jul 15, 2014 at 05:06 AM

It's cause you're using the same array object for both the rows.

 majorFeatures[0] = emptyArr;
 majorFeatures[1] = emptyArr;

majorFeatures[0] and majorFeatures[1] point to the same object in memory.

Instantiate a new array for each row instead.

I'm no JS coder, but here's my try:

 var nRows : int = 2;
 var nCols : int = 10;
 
   var x = new Array(nRows);
   for (var i = 0; i < nRows; i++) {
     x[i] = new Array(nCols);
   }
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This was essentially right. I did not know that setting the value to a clean array was not the same as instantiating a new one. Thanks so much!

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