insert

2.02

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Description

Description:

Inserts multiple values into Array/String/HashMap.
The String variant also supports forceUnicode.

Groups:

HashMapArraysStrings

Syntax 1

Syntax:

array insert [index, valuesToInsert, onlyIfUnique]

Parameters:

array : Array

index: Number - index at which the values will be inserted, -1 for append, 2.14 -2 for inserting at the second-to-last position, -3 before that, etc.

valuesToInsert: Array of Anything - values to insert at the specified index

onlyIfUnique: Boolean - only insert if the value is unique in the array, like pushBackUnique

Return Value:

Nothing

Syntax 2

Syntax:

string insert [index, substring]

Parameters:

string : String

index: Number - index at which the values will be inserted, -1 for append

substring: String - string to insert

Return Value:

String - the new string

2.04

Syntax 3

Syntax:

hashMap insert [[key1, value1], [key2, value2], ...]

Parameters:

hashMap: HashMap

key: HashMapKey

value: Anything

Return Value:

Nothing

2.04

Syntax 4

Syntax:

hashMap insert [splitArray, [keysAndValues]]

Parameters:

hashMap: HashMap

splitArray: Boolean - determines keysAndValues format (see keysAndValues's description)

keysAndValues: Array - in format depending on splitArray's value:

• true - [[key1, key2, ...], [value1, value2, ...]]
• false - [[key1, value1], [key2, value2], ...] (same as Syntax 3)

Return Value:

Nothing

Examples

Example 1:

"Test" insert [0, "Radio"]; // returns "RadioTest" "Test" insert [2, "Radio"]; // returns "TeRadiost" "Test" insert [-1, "Radio"]; // returns "TestRadio"

Example 2:

private _array = ["a", "b", "c"]; _array insert [0, ["w"]]; // _array is now ["w", "a", "b", "c"] private _array = ["a", "b", "c"]; _array insert [-1, ["w"]]; // _array is now ["a", "b", "c", "w"] private _array = ["a", "b", "c"]; _array insert [-2, ["w"]]; // _array is now ["a", "b", "w", "c"] // Arma 3 v2.14

Additional Information

See also:

HashMap pushBack pushBackUnique append + merge

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