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# Working With Arrays
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RETRO offers a number of words for operating on statically sized
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arrays.
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## Namespace
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The words operating on arrays are kept in an `array:` namespace.
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## Creating Arrays
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The easiest way to create an array is to wrap the values in a
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`{` and `}` pair:
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```
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{ #1 #2 #3 #4 }
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{ 'this 'is 'an 'array 'of 'strings }
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{ 'this 'is 'a 'mixed 'array #1 #2 #3 }
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```
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You can also make an array from a quotation which returns
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values and the number of values to store in the array:
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```
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[ #1 #2 #3 #3 ] array:counted-results
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[ #1 #2 #3 #3 ] array:make
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```
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## Accessing Elements
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You can access a specific value with `array:nth` and `fetch` or
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`store`:
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```
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{ #1 #2 #3 #4 } #3 array:nth fetch
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```
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## Find The Length
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Use `array:length` to find the size of the array.
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```
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{ #1 #2 #3 #4 } array:length
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```
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## Duplicate
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Use `array:dup` to make a copy of an array:
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```
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{ #1 #2 #3 #4 } array:dup
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```
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## Filtering
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RETRO provides `array:filter` which extracts matching values
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from an array. This is used like:
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```
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{ #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 } [ n:even? ] array:filter
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```
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The quote will be passed each value in the array and should
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return TRUE or FALSE. Values that lead to TRUE will be collected
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into a new array.
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## Mapping
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`array:map` applies a quotation to each item in an array and
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constructs a new array from the returned values.
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Example:
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```
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{ #1 #2 #3 } [ #10 * ] array:map
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```
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## Reduce
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`array:reduce` takes an array, a starting value, and a quote. It
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executes the quote once for each item in the array, passing the
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item and the value to the quote. The quote should consume both
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and return a new value.
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```
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{ #1 #2 #3 } #0 [ + ] array:reduce
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```
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## Search
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RETRO provides `array:contains?` and `array:contains-string?`
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to search an array for a value (either a number or string) and
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return either TRUE or FALSE.
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```
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#100 { #1 #2 #3 } array:contains?
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'test { 'abc 'def 'test 'ghi } array:contains-string?
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```
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