I have an array of objects that is created by my script and I am trying to copy that array into a new array and then store it in scriptDb using the following function:
As @Thomas said, you can save an array in a map object.
You don't need to perform a copy operation before putting an object into the ScriptDB, either. You could save your array by simply db.save({myArray})
, and remember the ID.
Here's some minimalist code to demonstrate. I'm showing two ways to retrieve your saved array - one by ID, which seems to be the way you were planning to, but also a second way using a "key" value for a query. If you expect to retrieve the contents of ScriptDB in a later run of your code, this approach eliminates the need to somehow remember the ID of the stored array.
function saveArray (currentArray) {
var db = ScriptDb.getMyDb();
return db.save({type: "savedArray", data:currentArray}).getId();
}
function loadArrayById (id) {
var db = ScriptDb.getMyDb();
return db.load(id).data;
}
function loadArrayByType () {
var db = ScriptDb.getMyDb();
var result = db.query({type: "savedArray"});
if (result.hasNext()) {
return result.next().data;
}
else {
return [];
}
}
function test() {
var arr = ['this','is','a','test'];
var savedId = saveArray( arr );
var loaded1 = loadArrayById( savedId );
var loaded2 = loadArrayByType();
debugger; // pause if running debugger
}
Here's what you'll see at the debugger pause:
Note that by using the map tag data
to pull the array from the saved object, both loaded1
and loaded2
are identical to the source array arr
.