[] operator

Synopsis

This operator creates an array. The array elements must be separated by a comma ','.

Remarks

For more information on defining arrays, see the Array operator section in Chapter 27: Using arrays.
String arrays must be enclosed in the evaluate-to-string operator ({}). Text that should not be evaluated as an expression must be enclosed in quotation marks. For more information on strings and string arrays, see the String arrays subsection of the Data types section in Appendix A: Expression syntax

Variations

[ Value_1, ..., Value_n ]

Creates an array

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Parameters

Value_1, ..., Value_n

Specifies the array's values. All values must be of the same type.

Supported types: Numeric; Boolean; String; Object; Point; Numeric array; Boolean array; String array; Object array; Point array.

Returns

Returned types: Numeric array; Boolean array; String array; Object array; Point array.

Examples

1.	The following example returns the numeric array [3.1, 98, 2000, 7]. [3.1, 95 + 3, 2000, 7]
2.	The following example returns a string array with each word of "Matrox Design Assistant" as an element. {["Matrox", "Design", "Assistant"]}

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