What's wrong with my write/read array code?

[Musta]

Trying to write the first 50 of my Global Values into an array, and then read from the array later on.

Currently have each loop activated by button press for testing.

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[MuddyMole]

Firstly, you only need a 1-dimensional array, so use the action/expression that just takes an X position (not X and Y).
Secondly, global values are 1-based, so you need to add 1 to the global value index as well as the loop index.

[MuddyMole]

And obviously you need to set the array type as "Number array" (not "Text array" which is the default) with a "Base 1 index".

[Musta]

And obviously you need to set the array type as "Number array" (not "Text array" which is the default) with a "Base 1 index".

Oh blech, the codes perfect but yeah I didn't set it from Text to Number. I SWEAR I did but I guess not lmao.

[Volnaiskra]

Just as MuddyMole said.

Though I'll add that it's ok to use the [X & Y] action that you're using (and it might be a good idea if you're likely to store more types of data in this array later). But the main thing is to iterate just 1 dimension in the loop, not both. To easily understand why, it'll help to think of your array as a spreadsheet (which it kind of is). By doing:

Write..... to (Loopindex("write global values") + 1, LoopLoopindex("write global values") + 1)

your current one stores the information like this, which I'm sure you'll agree would be a weird way to use a spreadsheet:





If you instead use

Write..... to (1, LoopLoopindex("write global values") + 1)

it'll store the data like this:



This will make the array take up less space and be faster. It'll also be more straightforward to add more types of data down the track - just replace the bold 1 above with a different number to save data to a different column:

Write [some other data]..... to (2, LoopLoopindex("write global values") + 1)

[Musta]

Thank you as always for the in-depth explanation Volnaiskra