Newbie question on arrays and indexing

[Pierpaolo BERNARDI]

From: "Webb Sprague" <wwsprague@REDACTED>

> I am wondering what is the best way to handle indexing into a list or 
> tuple.  The issue at hand is that I want to play around with virtual 
> clocks, as per Garg 2001, but all the algorithms are in terms of 
> indexing using integers, like Matrix[3,4].

In addition to the other suggestions be sure to consider also
gb_trees, gb_sets and ets tables.

Find attached an example of an array interface built on gb_trees

11> A = array:make([5,7,9]).
{[5,7,9],not_initialized,{0,nil}}
12> A1 = array:set(A,[3,4,5],42).
{[5,7,9],not_initialized,{1,{[3,4,5],42,nil,nil}}}
13> array:ref(A1,[3,4,5]).
42
14> array:ref(A1,[1,1,1]).
not_initialized

Cheers
P.
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