Way to copy TPA...

[bg5]

I have trouble with copying TPA...

program new;
var
tpa1 ,tpa2 : TPointArray;
a ,b :integer;
begin
  tpa1 := [Point(1,1),Point(2,2)  ];
  tpa2 := tpa1;
  OffsetTPA(tpa2,Point(2,2));

  writeln(tpa1);
  writeln(tpa2);

  a := 2;
  b := a;
  b := 3;
  writeln(a);
  writeln(b);
end.

[(3, 3), (4, 4)]
[(3, 3), (4, 4)]
2
3

As you see tpa2 := tpa1; doesn't copy tpa1 to tpa2 ,but copy tpa1's pointer...differently then with simple types. There is already function CopyTPA ,but it's leaking and don't have wrapper , so I won't use it ,because I want to do this operation very frequently. Only possible way I see is iteration ,but it will slow down my script.
Iteration I mean:

hi := high(tpa1);
SetLength(tpa2,hi+1);
for a:=0 to hi do
  tpa2[a] := tpa1[a];

any ideas?

[Runaway]

I messed around with it for a bit, and this seems to be the only way I can find that works:

program new;
var
tpa1 ,tpa2 : TPointArray;
begin
  tpa1 := [Point(1,1), Point(2,2)];
  AppendTPA(tpa2, tpa1);
  OffsetTPA(tpa2, Point(2,2));

  writeln(tpa1);
  writeln(tpa2);
end.

it outputs:

[(1, 1), (2, 2)]
[(3, 3), (4, 4)]

E: there are obvious downfalls to this, but it looks like it should work as long as the second TPA is empty.

[nielsie95]

a := b;
l := Length(a);
SetLength(b, l + 1);
SetLength(b, l);

[Brandon]

Result:= CopyTPA(TPA);

[bg5]

I messed around with it for a bit, and this seems to be the only way I can find that works:

program new;
var
tpa1 ,tpa2 : TPointArray;
begin
  tpa1 := [Point(1,1), Point(2,2)];
  AppendTPA(tpa2, tpa1);
  OffsetTPA(tpa2, Point(2,2));

  writeln(tpa1);
  writeln(tpa2);
end.

it outputs:

[(1, 1), (2, 2)]
[(3, 3), (4, 4)]

E: there are obvious downfalls to this, but it looks like it should work as long as the second TPA is empty.

Thanks it's what I'm looking for. I will add tpa2:=[]; to make sure it's empty.

a := b;
l := Length(a);
SetLength(b, l + 1);
SetLength(b, l);

I have no idea ,how it works ,but it's nice too

Result:= CopyTPA(TPA);

It's leaking.

[Brandon]

Function CopyTPAX(StartIndex, EndIndex: Integer; TPAToCopy: TPointArray): TPointArray;
var
  I: Integer;
  TPA: TPointArray;
begin
  SetLength(TPA, iAbs(EndIndex - StartIndex) + 1);
  For I:= StartIndex To EndIndex do
  begin
    TPA[I]:= TPAToCopy[I];
  end;
  Result:= TPA;
end;

var
  TPA, T: TPointArray;
begin
  TPA:= [Point(1, 2), Point(3, 4), Point(4, 6)];

  T:= CopyTPAX(0, High(TPA), TPA);
  writeln(T);
end.

[masterBB]

Small fix

Function CopyTPAX(StartIndex, EndIndex: Integer; TPAToCopy: TPointArray): TPointArray;
var
  I: Integer;
  TPA: TPointArray;
begin
  SetLength(TPA, iAbs(EndIndex - StartIndex) + 1);
  For I:= StartIndex To EndIndex do
  begin
    TPA[I-StartIndex]:= TPAToCopy[I];
  end;
  Result:= TPA;
end;