Ok, let me start off by saying I am a super newbie in Standard ML. I am literally just beginning to program in this language. To be honest with you, I don't plan on digging too deep in this language. I just need to accomplish a one-time task and move on.
I am trying to tackle how to make a simple Array. Believe it or not, the documentation is confusing me to the point I cannot make a simple Array.
So it seems in order to do an array in sml New Jersey...I need to assign the maxLen variable. I simply assigned it 24 for now, but perhaps the way I am doing it is not working.
Let's say I am trying to create an array of 12 spots, with init values of 5.
val maxLen = 24; (*assigning maxLen 24 as the largest array possible*)
array (12, 5); (*Creating an Array of 12 spots with value of 5 for each*)
What am I missing here?
val a = Array.array (12, 5)
works just fine. You don't need to "set" Array.maxLen, nor can you. That is merely an implementation-specific constant telling you what the maximum size of an array on the executing system is.
Also, be aware that you cannot grow an array. Arrays are a basic datatype that once created has a fixed size. If you need dynamic growth then you need to build a dynamic data structure around that (or use a library that provides it).