Looking for examples of macros using variable arrays

[ronald]

Hello, I read the KBM Wiki and recent forum discussions about variables and tokens. I understand what variable arrays are and the associated syntax but have never seen them used.
In what common situations are variable arrays used ? are they perhaps under used ?
thank you

[Tom]

@ronald

In what common situations are variable arrays used ?

This wiki section contains some examples.

A common use case seems to be for coordinates (mouse, window, etc.), like for example here:

Storing list of coordinates in a variable to move mouse

I'm working on a project that requires about 360 unique clicks on the screen. I want to simplify my macro by storing all the X and Ys into a variable (or in a document and retrieving the numbers there) and then just repeating the move mouse action in a loop. Here is an example of what I was thinking about doing, but it doesn't seem to work. Am I doing something wrong with calling the variable? Or is it that I'm storing the numbers in the variable incorrectly? I tried changing the variable to a …

Drag Mouse based on variables

I am creating a macro where I need the user to select 2 different mouse locations and then have the macro drag the mouse between them. To capture the starting and ending mouse positions I am simply prompting the user to click the OK button (of the Keyboard Maestro dialog) and move the mouse to position 1 and wait for more instructions. I then have Keyboard Maestro pause 3 seconds so the user can move the mouse. Keyboard Maestro then tells them to click OK and move the mouse to the ending posi…

[ronald]

very interesting. 2 examples, one simple and another rather complex. Thank you very much

[thoffman666]

Here is an example macro I made that gives you more of an idea of how arrays work and can be used.

Arrays Example (v9.0.1)

Keyboard Maestro Actions.kmactions (5.7 KB)

In practice, I would keep the information in a text file and either read it directly to use in the macro or read it into the variable %Variable%ClientInformationArrays%. The variables that are displayed in the window could be used any way you like. The point is that individual bits of information get extracted from the array, and these bits of information can be used as separate variables.

[ronald]

for data entry. Very interesting. thank you