N Dimensional array to 1d Array

[pawhan11]

I am looking for a way to do convert N dimensional array to 1d array of variants. Can this be done using native labview functions (some hidden gems etc), without using OpenG?

Another issue is with maps and sets, i want to get data out as array of variants, having set or map as variant.

[pawhan11]

For arrays i came up with this, dimensions are handled up to 10

For maps and sets it seems there is no way to cast them to variant arrays...

 

Edit. I am lost now, according to my logic 2 on the bottom should be possible:

Edited January 24, 2021 by pawhan11

[ShaunR]

I don't have access LV2020 right now for sets but I maybe have a solution for the arrays which should be much faster and accommodate any number of dimensions,

Edited January 24, 2021 by ShaunR

[pawhan11]

Nice, but I require the input to be variant, not an array.

[ShaunR]

20 hours ago, pawhan11 said:

I am looking for a way to do convert N dimensional array to 1d array of variants.

 

18 hours ago, pawhan11 said:

For arrays i came up with this, dimensions are handled up to 10

 

14 hours ago, pawhan11 said:

Nice, but I require the input to be variant, not an array.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

Edited January 25, 2021 by ShaunR

[pawhan11]

@ShaunR I might have formulated question incorrectly 😁 I want 3 separate functions that have:

- variant input and return 1d array of variants when input variant is array  (any dimension any data type in array)

- variant input and return array of variants when input variant is  set (any data type in set)

-variant input and return variant pairs of key values when input is Map (any data type of key and value in map)

For Maps and Sets I can get type info using Type Parsing Library but not the actual, the only way i see is digging into type descriptors...

[Paul Davey]

Why not use ShaunR's solution as a Malleable VI?

[LogMAN]

On 1/26/2021 at 2:39 PM, pawhan11 said:

- variant input and return 1d array of variants when input variant is array  (any dimension any data type in array)

There is a VI in OpenG LabVIEW Data Library that does this for you.

On 1/26/2021 at 2:39 PM, pawhan11 said:

- variant input and return array of variants when input variant is  set (any data type in set)

-variant input and return variant pairs of key values when input is Map (any data type of key and value in map)

For Maps and Sets I can get type info using Type Parsing Library but not the actual, the only way i see is digging into type descriptors...

I took this as a challenge and added two VIs to my library on GitHub - https://github.com/LogMANOriginal/LabVIEW-Composition

Decompose Map extracts variant keys and values of variant maps

Decompose Set extracts variant elements of variant sets

I have successfully tested these VIs with various different types, but there could still be bugs. Let me know if you find anything. I strongly discourage using these in production!

Edited January 30, 2021 by LogMAN
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