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Where is the documentation for the Core Skill function "makeArray()" ?

Daedalus

I am having trouble finding the documentation for makeArray using the Cadence SKILL API finder or user manual. I know it exists because the interpreter in the CIW recognizes it and it appears to declare multidimensional arrays. Ultimately, I would like to make a 2D array of booleans, and this function seems like a clean way to do it.

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  • It's a private function (very old, and before we were strict about the naming of private versus public functions), and hence not documented. You should not use it.

    Here's an example implementation of a function to create a multidimensional array easily though:

    /* abMultiDimArray.il

Author     A.D.Beckett
Group      Custom IC (UK), Cadence Design Systems Ltd.
Language   SKILL
Date       Nov 23, 2009 
Modified   
By         

Function for creating a multi-dimensional array.

Usage:

data=abMultiDimArray(6 8)

Creates a 6 by 8 array (starting index is from 0). Then you can use:

data[4][5]=23
data[0][7]=123

You can specify more dimensions by passing more arguments to abMultiDimArray.

***************************************************

SCCS Info: @(#) abMultiDimArray.il 11/23/09.16:24:27 1.1

*/

procedure(abMultiDimArray(@rest dimensions)
    let((arr)
        if(integerp(car(dimensions)) && plusp(car(dimensions)) then
            arr=makeVector(car(dimensions))
            when(cdr(dimensions)
                for(ind 0 sub1(car(dimensions))
                    arr[ind]=apply('abMultiDimArray cdr(dimensions))
                )
            ) ; when 
            arr
        else
            error("Dimension %L must be a positive integer\n" car(dimensions))
        ) ; if
    ) ; let
) ; procedure

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  • It's a private function (very old, and before we were strict about the naming of private versus public functions), and hence not documented. You should not use it.

    Here's an example implementation of a function to create a multidimensional array easily though:

    /* abMultiDimArray.il

Author     A.D.Beckett
Group      Custom IC (UK), Cadence Design Systems Ltd.
Language   SKILL
Date       Nov 23, 2009 
Modified   
By         

Function for creating a multi-dimensional array.

Usage:

data=abMultiDimArray(6 8)

Creates a 6 by 8 array (starting index is from 0). Then you can use:

data[4][5]=23
data[0][7]=123

You can specify more dimensions by passing more arguments to abMultiDimArray.

***************************************************

SCCS Info: @(#) abMultiDimArray.il 11/23/09.16:24:27 1.1

*/

procedure(abMultiDimArray(@rest dimensions)
    let((arr)
        if(integerp(car(dimensions)) && plusp(car(dimensions)) then
            arr=makeVector(car(dimensions))
            when(cdr(dimensions)
                for(ind 0 sub1(car(dimensions))
                    arr[ind]=apply('abMultiDimArray cdr(dimensions))
                )
            ) ; when 
            arr
        else
            error("Dimension %L must be a positive integer\n" car(dimensions))
        ) ; if
    ) ; let
) ; procedure

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