count objects in an array

[Tankbuster 1733]

This isn't as simple as the title suggests. I'm fiddling with house class objects being returned by nearobjects and need to make the result array a little more manageable. I'm sure this is computer studies 101, but when I did this in college, we started with 'environment division' and I'm a little rusty :)

 

So, by way of example, how can I get from this;

[tomato, apple, apple, apple, banana, banana, cranberry, tomato, tomato,tomato, apple, pear, pear, apple]

to

[[apple,5], [banana,2], [cranberry,1],[pear,2],[tomato,4]]

Note the output is alpha sorted. I can see that a straightforward alpha sort of the input array is the first step, but how to count them and output like I want?

 

Thanks in advance. :)

[shuko 59]

If they are objects, then based on what value should they be sorted by?

[killzone_kid 1326]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_consolidateArray

[Tankbuster 1733]

I saw that KK, you might notice my example uses fruit too, but I couldn't understand the wiki page. I'm assuming where it says 'duplicities', it means duplicates, which is what I want

[Tankbuster 1733]

If they are objects, then based on what value should they be sorted by?

alphabetically sorted by classname

[Tankbuster 1733]

I may have been overthinking the biki page and have taken it at its most simplest.

myarray2 =  ["Land_i_House_Big_02_V2_F","Land_i_House_Small_02_V1_F","Land_PowerPoleWooden_L_F","Land_i_Addon_04_V1_F"]

[myarray2] call BIS_fnc_consolidatearray

returned []

[ProfTournesol 956]

And

myarray2 call BIS_fnc_consolidatearray

[Tankbuster 1733]

 

And

myarray2 call BIS_fnc_consolidatearray

Aha! There ya go! That's why they don't call ME prof. :)

[shuko 59]

alphabetically sorted by classname

 

Could have told us that you have an array of strings and not objects (like in your example).  :rolleyes:

[Tankbuster 1733]

Could have told us that you have an array of strings and not objects (like in your example).  :rolleyes:

I wasn't sure if was best to work with object names or classnames at the time. I've plumped for classsnames as they are more readable.

[Tankbuster 1733]

So, here's the finished (ish) article. Thanks guys!

myarray2 = [];
myarray = player nearobjects  ["House_F", 300];
{myarray2 pushback (typeof _x)} foreach myarray;
myarray3 = myarray2 call BIS_fnc_consolidateArray;
myarray3 sort true;
{diag_log _x}foreach myarray3;