How do you call the set function on a map's property? - dart

Just like with other objects, you can call:
set('myKey', 44);
set('something', 'Hello World');
you can even do maps
set("myMap", new Map());
but how do i call set to notify if a map property has changed. Obviously, i cant do:
set('myMap.myProp', 'test');
can i?
im trying to update the map property for something bound to the screen, but i thought it would be silly to do something like:
Map m = myMap;
m['myProp'] = 'test';
set('myMap',m);
since it is doing a lot of work it wouldnt need to do.
This is in PolymerDart

As far as I know this
set('myMap.myProp', 'test');
should work fine to add an item to the map with key myProp and value 'test'

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List of functions

Following definitions print already the result of the functions in the table:
function plus1(zahl) print(zahl+1) end
function plus2(zahl) print(zahl+2) end
function plus3(zahl) print(zahl+3) end
-- already prints out 6,5,10
local tfunc={plus1(5),plus2(3),plus3(7)}
how can I avoid this?
how can I iterate through the functions with given parameters in the table? I would like to call the functions like:
tfunc[1]
to print out 6. But it does not work.
#pschulz, thanks to show me the way :
local tfunc = {{plus1,5},{plus2,3},{plus3,7}}
tfunc[i][1](tfunc[i][2])
allows to iterate with index i through the different functions with different args. The trick is tables with function name and args inside the table.
In you table, you are currently storing nothing (or three nil). The table takes the return value of the function and since you are returning nothing, it gets nil.
What you have to do is store functions:
local tfunc = {
plus1,
plus2,
plus3
}
No you can call your functions like this:
tfunc[1](5)
On iterating: If i understand correctly, you want to do the following:
local tfunc = {
plus1,
plus2,
plus3
}
local tvalues = { 5, 3, 7 }
for i, func in ipairs(tfunc) do
func(tvalues[i])
end
So you have to save your values in another table. There are more elegant ways to do this, i suggest you have a reading on closures.
local tfunc={plus1(5),plus2(3),plus3(7)}
Here you call the functions inside the table constructor.
So once you create your table you will print those values. As your function does not return anything tfunc remains empty.
You can either store the function call as a string and let Lua execute that string or you can save the function in the table without calling it. Then you need some way to get the function parameter zahl into your function call.
To me what you want to do makes no sense.
If you want to call it like tfunc[1] it will always print 6. So why not just call print(6)?
If you want to add 3 to a number you want to print, just call print(number + 3) e.g.
Your code will remain more readable and easier to understand if you don't move simple arrithmetics into an extra function.

How to make a function to read values from the lua file

Well I'm learning lua and I got a question, I'm trying to create a reading function bool in lua.
I have a function that disables or enables as I score true or false.
This function is called just useappenabled that I am not able to apply it on the Moon, before I used in the form of libconfig and functioned normally before was written as follows.
The file is as follows:
Enableapp =
{
Useapp = true;
};
Now reading before shaped libconfig was the following, note that the useappenabled function is applied to the input value, i.e. true or false if I put on the Useapp.
if (config_lookup(&onf, "Enableapp"))
if (config_setting_lookup_bool(cf, "Useapp", &SelectValue))
useappenabled = SelectValue;
So I tried changing the code libconfig to lua, however I am not able to read the useappenabled function, the code is as follows in the lua.
lua_getglobal(L, "Enableapp");
lua_pushstring(L, "Useapp");
lua_tonumber(L, useappenabled);
I believe the problem is lua_tonumber, I need to do something more or less like this:
useappenabled = value_the_Useapp;
But I'm starting lua now, can anybody tell me how can I apply the function useappenabled to equal the Useapp value.
not able to apply it on the Moon
That's an issue with most Earthly software. The usual difficulty is reaching the Moon.
I need to do something more or less like this:
useappenabled = value_the_Useapp;
lua_getglobal(L, "Enableapp"); // push the table onto the stack
lua_getfield(L, -1, "Useapp"); // index table with "Useapp" and push result onto the stack
useappenabled = lua_toboolean(L, -1); // get the value off the top of the stack into your C code

Delphi - How to Exclude/turn off all values in a set?

Delphi XE6 - I have a set. I would like a simple way to turn ALL elements off. i.e. instead of Exclude, something like ExcludeALL. I have tried to loop through all elements, but I get an error.
Code
type
TSearchParametersType =
(smDUNSAvailable = 1,
smDUNSHit,
smDUNSMiss,
smDUNSAbsent,
smRegistryAvailable,
smRegistryHit,
smRegistryAbsent,
smRegistryMiss,
smNameAvailable,
smNameHitExact,
smNameHitWords,
smNameMiss
);
// Now create a set type, where we can have a variable that has all the values of TSearchParametersType
type
TSearchParametersSet = set of TSearchParametersType;
...
var
i : Integer;
sSearchStatus: TSearchParametersSet;
begin
for i := smDUNSAvailable to smNameMiss do
Exclude(sSearchStatus, i);
The error I get is "Incompatible Type: 'Integer' and TSearchParametersType. "
Is there a simple way to Exclude ALL, other than MANUALLY going through every element?
Thanks
From the documentation:
Every set type can hold the empty set, denoted by [].
So you can assign the empty set to your variable like this:
sSearchStatus := [];
FWIW, your code fails because smDUNSAvailable and smNameMiss are of type TSearchParametersType and so not compatible with the variable i which is of type Integer. In order to make your code work you would need to change the loop variable to be of type TSearchParametersType.
Let me start by saying that David's answer is the correct one.
I'll just post another one to show how you could do it manually. This code might come in handy some other time:
var
sSearchStatus: TSearchParametersSet;
SearchParametersType : TSearchParametersType;
begin
sSearchStatus := [smDUNSHit, smDUNSMiss, smDUNSAbsent, smRegistryAvailable, smRegistryHit];
for SearchParametersType := low(TSearchParametersType) to high(TSearchParametersType) do
Exclude(sSearchStatus, SearchParametersType);
end;

Simulating mouse events in Actionscript 3

Given stage coordinates (x,y), I want to make my flash app behave just as if the user clicked at position (x,y). That is, something like
function simulateClick(x:Number, y:Number):void{
var e:MouseEvent = new MouseEvent(MouseEvent.CLICK, true, false, x, y)
stage.dispatchEvent(e);
}
I've found a bunch of pages talking about this kind of thing, and they all give solutions similar to the above. However, this isn't equivalent to the user clicking at (x,y). There are two problems:
The first is that e.stageX and e.stageY are both 0. I can't set them directly. The documentation says they are calculated when e.localX and e.localY are set, but this isn't happening when I set e.localX before dispatchEvent, nor in the event listener.
I could rewrite all of my event listeners with something like this:
var p:Point = e.target.localToGlobal(new Point(e.localX, e.localY));
Is this the only option?
The second problem is that my event listeners are registered with children of stage, not stage itself. So I need to find out what target to call dispatchEvent on. Clearly Flash is capable of determining what the target should be, ie which object owns the topmost pixel visible at position (x,y), because it does so when the user actually clicks. Is there an easy way to get at this information, or should I just write my own recursive function to do the same thing? I'm using DisplayObjectContainer.getObjectsUnderPoint at the moment, but it's not quite right.
I'm writing in FlashDevelop, if that makes any difference.
e.stageX/Y is populated correctly for me... also getObjectsUnderPoint() seems to work fine. I'm assuming that the x/y values passed to simulateClick are global coordinates?
edit: as pointed out in the comments, the mouse event must be dispatched on InteractiveObject instances... modified the code accordingly.
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.display.DisplayObject;
import flash.display.InteractiveObject;
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.geom.Point;
public function simulateClick(x:Number, y:Number):void
{
var objects:Array = stage.getObjectsUnderPoint(new Point(x, y));
var target:DisplayObject;
while(target = objects.pop())
{
if(target is InteractiveObject)
{
break;
}
}
if(target !== null)
{
var local:Point = target.globalToLocal(new Point(x, y));
var e:MouseEvent = new MouseEvent(MouseEvent.CLICK, true, false, local.x, local.y);
target.dispatchEvent(e);
}
}
public function addedToStage():void
{
var parent:Sprite = new Sprite();
stage.addChild(parent);
var child:Sprite = new Sprite();
child.name = 'child 1';
child.graphics.beginFill(0xff0000, 1);
child.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 200, 200);
child.graphics.endFill();
var child2:Sprite = new Sprite();
child2.name = 'child 2';
child2.graphics.beginFill(0xff00ff, 1);
child2.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 100, 100);
child2.graphics.endFill();
child2.x = 150;
child2.y = 150;
var bmpData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(80, 80, false, 0x00ff00);
var bmp:Bitmap = new Bitmap(bmpData);
bmp.name = 'bitmap';
child2.addChild(bmp);
parent.addChild(child);
parent.addChild(child2);
child2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function(e:MouseEvent):void
{
trace('target: ' + e.target.name);
trace('localX: ' + e.localX);
trace('localY: ' + e.localY);
trace('stageX: ' + e.stageX);
trace('stageY: ' + e.stageY);
});
simulateClick(190, 190);
}
Output:
target: child 2
localX: 40
localY: 40
stageX: 190
stageY: 190
For question 1: After you create the MouseEvent (assigning it a local x,y) you should be able to directly reference e.stageX and set it to what you want prior to dispatching the event. It's just a property of the MouseEvent instance.
For #2, currentTarget is always the thing that is topmost under the mouse, while target is the thing that is dispatching the event -- assuming the event is genuinely being dispatched by mouse interaction. In your case, you can set the target to be whatever object you have dispatching the event, and set the currentTarget arbitrarily. The question really is whether this is the most efficient way to deal with what's under the mouse right now; and the answer is, probably not. You'd be a lot better off using a MOUSE_OVER event to keep tabs on what the mouse is over right now, store that as a variable you can use when you want to call this, and don't try to iterate the whole display chain all the time (because Flash natively does that much faster than you can do it in a loop). If you put a mouseOver on the stage, and just check the currentTarget, you'll be getting whatever the topmost item is under the mouse on every frame where it changes.
You should be aware that (to prevent some obvious nasty scripts), certain actions cannot be triggered by mouse events that are generated dynamically by actionscript. These include opening a file reference and going fullscreen.
I have faced this issue too, gave me a bit of a headache.
In my situation I was creating the event, performing a bit of complex computations, but I couldn't retrieve global coordinates even though I had already set local coordinates.
Actually the solution was quite obvious in my case...
Global coordinates are populated only AFTER the event is dispatched, otherwise how can the event know how to translate local to global?
This is another pitfall, on top of not checking for the object used to dispatch event being an InteractiveObject.
I post this because someone else may face this issue due to both pitfalls. A quick answer easy to read.

Lua arguments passed to function in table are nil

I'm trying to get a handle on how OOP is done in Lua, and I thought I had a simple way to do it but it isn't working and I'm just not seeing the reason. Here's what I'm trying:
Person = { };
function Person:newPerson(inName)
print(inName);
p = { };
p.myName = inName;
function p:sayHello()
print ("Hello, my name is " .. self.myName);
end
return p;
end
Frank = Person.newPerson("Frank");
Frank:sayHello();
FYI, I'm working with the Corona SDK, although I am assuming that doesn't make a difference (except that's where print() comes from I believe). In any case, the part that's killing me is that inName is nil as reported by print(inName)... therefore, myName is obviously set to nil so calls to sayHello() fail (although they work fine if I hardcode a value for myName, which leads me to think the basic structure I'm trying is sound, but I've got to be missing something simple). It looks, as far as I can tell, like the value of inName is not being set when newPerson() is called, but I can't for the life of me figure out why; I don't see why it's not just like any other function call.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Remember that this:
function Person:newPerson(inName)
Is equivalent to this:
function Person.newPerson(self, inName)
Therefore, when you do this:
Person.newPerson("Frank");
You are passing one parameter to a function that expects two. You probably don't want newPerson to be created with :.
Try
Frank = Person:newPerson("Frank");

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