Trying to store javascript array as a QML property

[phaikawl]

For example, I have this QML object:
@Item {
id: something
}@

I just wanna store a javascript array "abcArray" as QML property, just to make it usable in other functions and other QML objects.
So I tried doing this

@Item {
id: something
property variant abcArray: Array()

//A demo function
function demo() {
abcArray.push("I want to push this!!!");
abcArray.push("Please, please appear in the array!");
abcArray.push("crazy!");
//print out the length of the array
console.log(abcArray.length);
//Oh damn! it just outputs "0" all the time even if I pushed many things to it
}
}@

In the end, it doesn't work, after all, the abcArray is still completely empty.
How to make it work?

[leafaku]

You can use ListModel to do that.

[phaikawl]

[quote author="leafaku" date="1331299888"]You can use ListModel to do that.[/quote]
But it would be too much for this simple thing, and it's a waste of memory! I just need to have an array of strings and no more. I don't need the "dict" thing of ListModel.

[Eddy]

You can use a javascript function that returns an array in the property

//in js file:
var arr{}

Function Array() {
...
Return arr
}

[dajansen]

@Item {
id: something
property variant abcArray

Component.onCompleted: {
abcArray = demo();
console.log(abcArray.length,abcArray);
}
//A demo function
function demo() {
var tmp = []
tmp.push("I want to push this!!!");
tmp.push("Please, please appear in the array!");
tmp.push("crazy!");
return tmp;
}
}@

[Timmmm]

I spend ages trying to work this out and finally discovered what none of the other threads say: there is now a "var" property which can contain any javascript object. For example:

property var myArray = []

[lfxciii]

thank you Damian

[chrisadams]

There are docs, you know ;-) Although I agree that they've been made hideously difficult to navigate now, since 5.0 times, for some reason.

See
http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qt5-stable/qmlreference.html
and
http://doc-snapshot.qt-project.org/qt5-stable/qtqml-typesystem-topic.html
for more information.

Cheers,
Chris.

[Traxx]

Thanks all.This definitely useful tips.

[AlexMerkulov]

404 - Page Not Found.

[xargs1]

http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/qtqml-typesystem-topic.html