Detect empty associated array of an associated array Topic is solved

[toralf]

I have an associated array A that holds associated arrays Bs.
How can I detect if one of the B Arrays has become an empty array {}?

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B1 := {K1: "V1", K2: "V2"}
B2 := {K3: "V3", K4: "V4"}
B3 := {K5: "V5", K6: "V6"}
A  := {X: B1, T: B2, C: B3}
A["T"].Delete("K4")
A["T"].Delete("K3")

For Key, oB in A {
    MsgBox % Key                   ;all the values are identical for the different Keys/oBs.
                  . "`n>"  oB.GetCapacity()
                  . "<`n>" A[Key].GetCapacity()
                  . "<`n>" A.GetCapacity()
                  . "<`n>" isObject(oB)
                  . "<`n>" oB.MaxIndex()
                  . "<`n>" A[Key].MaxIndex()
                  . "<`n>" oB.Length()
                  . "<`n>" A[Key].Length()
                  . "<`n`"
}

[Helgef]

MaxIndex() and Length() aren't very useful for non-integer keys. You can count the keys in the sub-arrays, using a nested for-loop:

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For Key, oB in A {
	ctr:=0
    For k in oB
		ctr++
	MsgBox, % Key " lentgth: " ctr
}

[kon]

Good idea. Building on that, I would suggest breaking the for-loop after the first iteration because needlessly looping through a large array will hurt performance.

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; ...
MsgBox, % IsEmpty(A["X"])  ; 0  -  not empty
MsgBox, % IsEmpty(A["T"])  ; 1  -  empty
return

IsEmpty(Arr) {
    Arr._NewEnum()[k, v]  ; <-- this is basically a for-loop that only gets the first key/value pair.
    return k = ""
}

[toralf]

Thanks a lot for the help.
I liked the _NewEnum idea a lot.

[lexikos]

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MsgBox % IsEmpty({"": "not empty"}) ; 1

IsEmpty(Arr) {
    Arr._NewEnum()[k, v]
    return k = ""
}

Fail.

You should use the return value of _NewEnum, not the returned key.

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MsgBox % IsEmpty({"": "not empty"}) ; 0
MsgBox % IsEmpty({}) ; 1

IsEmpty(Arr) {
    return !Arr._NewEnum()[k, v]
}

[kon]

Thanks!