Referencing Associative Array of Associative Arrays Topic is solved

[socialb]

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xTable["Classic"]   :=  {"Normal": 80,  "Hard": 200,    "Nightmare": 315}
xTable["Challenge"] :=  {"Normal": 110, "Hard": 280}

MsgBox % xTable["Classic"]["Normal"]

I am trying to get the MsgBox to return 200, but can't figure out the syntax. This was as close as I could find in the Help file: https://lexikos.github.io/v2/docs/Objects.htm#Usage_Arrays_of_Arrays

Many thanks for your attention!

[BoBo]

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;AHK v1.3x
xTable := {"Classic":"","Challenge":""}                                 ;schlüssel "Classic" und "Challenge" erstellen       
xTable["Classic"]   :=  {"Normal": 80,  "Hard": 200, "Nightmare": 315}  ;schlüsselwert für "Classic" mit assoc. array befüllen
xTable["Challenge"] :=  {"Normal": 110, "Hard": 280}                    ;schlüsselwert für "Challenge" mit assoc. array befüllen

MsgBox % xTable.Classic.Hard                                            ;abfrage array 'xtable', schlüssel 'Classic', unterschlüssel 'Hard'	;200
MsgBox % xTable.Challenge.Normal                                        ;abfrage array 'xtable', schlüssel 'Challenge', unterschlüssel 'Hard'	;110

HTH

BTw, your request is currently hosted in 'Ask for Help' (AHK v1.x) while your posted link is pointing to AHK v2.x

[socialb]

Thank you very much Bobo.

Happily I am using version 1.1.34.04, despite the link to a newer help file.

Your syntax works well. I was hoping for a syntax like xTable["Classic"]["Normal"] because I was hoping to use variables:

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xTable := {"Classic":"","Challenge":""}
xTable["Classic"]   :=  {"Normal": 80,  "Hard": 200,    "Nightmare": 315}
xTable["Challenge"] :=  {"Normal": 110, "Hard": 280}

Type:="Classic", Difficulty:="Normal"
MsgBox % xTable.Type.Difficulty
MsgBox % xTable[Type][Difficulty]

Do you know if there is an alternate syntax that would work using variables?

[socialb]

Figured it out - thanks to the help on https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Objects.htm#Usage_Objects Known Limitation

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xTable := {"Classic":"","Challenge":""}
xTable["Classic"]   :=  {"Normal": 80,  "Hard": 200,    "Nightmare": 315}
xTable["Challenge"] :=  {"Normal": 110, "Hard": 280}

Type:="Classic", Difficulty:="Normal"

MsgBox % (xTable[Type])[Difficulty]

[BoBo]

Happily I am using version 1.1.34.04, despite the link to a newer help file.

JFTR. It is NOT a newer help file. It's the help file of an AHK release that has a different syntax!