[SAL-HELP] Can anyone give me an example of the syntax for array literals?

[Bruno Dutertre]

mwwhalen at rockwellcollins.com wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
>   Sorry to show my ignorance here; I have the SAL language guide, so I
> should be able to do this on my own.  However, I can't, for the life of me,
> figure out how to define the values of cells in an array constant:
> 
>       A: ARRAY [0..4] OF BOOLEAN  = [TRUE, FALSE, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE];
> 
> Any help is appreciated!
> 
> :-) Mike
> 

Hi Mike,

There is no construct like this in SAL because array indices can be of
other types than integer ranges, but there are equivalent (less concise/uglier?)
ways of defining array constants.

The simplest form is to use an array expression of the form

   [[i: index_type] expr]

For the example above, you can write

   [[i: [0..4]] (i=0 OR i=2 OR i=3) ]

or more explicitly

   [[i: [0..4]] IF i=0 THEN true
                ELSIF i=1 THEN false
                 ...
                ENDIF]



Bruno

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