Im trying to check if something in an array is there or not

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Godot Version

4.3

Question

So im trying to figure out if the object in my instance exists or not and than im setting a boolean to true so uh can someone help?

if is_instance_valid(NoteData[i][“k”]):
var KInstance = NoteData[i][“k”]
if KInstance == “Char Sing”:
CharIsAllowed = true

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Whats the problem you are experiencing? Are there error messages?

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if NoteData[i][“k”]: CharIsAllowed = true

if returns false if null

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Would you elaborate a little more? If I understand your code correctly, you are checking if the text “Char Sing” is in NoteData[i][“k”]. Maybe the problem you are facing is that once CharIsAllowed is true it never changes to false? You can solve that (and simplify your code) like this:

if is_instance_valid(NoteData[i][“k”]):
    var KInstance = NoteData[i][“k”]
    CharIsAllowed = KInstance == “Char Sing”

BTW, to properly format your code you can follow these instructions: Make it easier for new users to format and preview code in their posts - #4 by gertkeno

6

I think there is some logical issue in your code.

You are checking to see if NoteData[i][“k”] is a valid instance, and then if it is, you are then comparing it to a string? A string is not the same as an instance, which is an object.

If you describe in more detail what you are trying to achieve, perhaps we could be more helpful.

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well if you’re looking just for check if any value in array, this construction works well:

if “Char Sing” in NoteData.values(): CharIsAllowed=true

if you have a limited amount (up to 32) of bool properties check out of @export_flags() and bit flags.

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NoteData[i][“k”] is not an array, it’s a dictionary. Also Arrays and Dictionaries are not considered objects.

You probably have a dictionary within an array, something like this:

var NoteData=[{"k":"Char Sing"}]

so you need to use the Dictionary has() method: NoteData[0].has("k"))

So here is example:

	var NoteData=[{"k":"Char Sing","l":"Stop Sing"}]
	print(typeof(NoteData[0]))  # 27 is Dictionary
	print(typeof(NoteData))  # 28 is Array
	print(NoteData[0].has("k"))  # Should be true
	print(NoteData[0].has("l"))  # Should be true
	print(NoteData[0].has("j"))  # should be false