2 and 3 dimensional Arrays

Unity Engine
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I read the API for the Array class and noticed that Unity does not support Arrays within Arrays. Is there any workaround for this? Not supporting 2 and 3 dimensional arrays in a 3D environment makes Unity much less powerful for what I am needing to program.

2

What language are you programming in?

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Unity does support arrays in arrays, and doesn’t need any workarounds. However, real 2D/3D arrays are better, and that’s also supported. If using JS, see here. Don’t bother with the Array class in any case.

–Eric

4

Thank you! This will be very helpful.

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Unity 3.2 has support for proper multidimensional arrays in JS now, so no need for workarounds anymore.

–Eric

6

How are these done? I am using eric’s vectrosity and wish to make a growing list of lines the user can draw.

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I don’t think you need a multi-dimensional array for that, just a List sounds fine:

var listOfLines = new List.<VectorLine>();

But if you did use a 2D array (10 x 10 in this case):

var array2D = new VectorLine[10, 10];

Those sorts of arrays aren’t resizable though.

–Eric