How can I pass array values as parameters to a function.

For e.g. I have an array IP address and depending on a command line arg (say a mean 10.10.10.10) I want to telnet to a certain host using expect. How do i do this?

I tried passing the array val using $ARRAY($ARG) but this gives me an error saying
Quote:

can't read "var1": no such variable

where var1 is the argument for $ARRAY($ARG) in the proc

Here's an example of passing an array member into a function.

Code:

proc reporton thisone {       puts "Learning about $thisone"       } set ARG archirecture set ARRAY(plumbing) "Fluid Dynamics" set ARRAY(archirecture) "The Tcl Language" set ARRAY(townplanning) "Building Studies" reporton $ARRAY($ARG)

Which gives these results

Code:

earth-wind-and-fire:~/may05 grahamellis$ tclsh tdo Learning about The Tcl Language earth-wind-and-fire:~/may05 grahamellis$

Can you supply me with a similar sample piece of code that shows the problem you're having ... I don't think its directly to do with passing from the array - it's some other problem perhaps.

As a footnote - if you need to pass a complete array into a proc, you should call be name and use the upvar command. There are lots of examples of upvar - a feature that people always take a while to grasp - at http://www.wellho.net/resources/T207.html.

Code:

proc login2host userName userPass prompt {        expect -re ".*login: "        send "$userName1\r"        expect -re "Password: "        send "$userPass\r"        expect -re "$prompt"        send "set terminal telnet idle=0\r"        expect -re "$prompt" } #I call it here like this login2host $USERNAME($SHS_NO) $USERPASS($SHS_NO) $PROMPT($SHS_NO)

Ok i think I got it the args should be passed in parentheses  
I had done this but I had separated them with commas and that did not work.


The proc command takes three parameters and yours has five. I suspect your code should read

proc login2host {userName userPass prompt} {

and not

proc login2host userName userPass prompt {

(note the extra curly braces that I've added)

OK - we both posted at the same time. Glad it sorted anyway

Yeah I changed that and it works fine now.  
I have another doubt though.

I would like to execute a list of commands and receive expected responses.  Among an array or a list which one would be better/easier?

In general "lists v arrays" ... you would choose a list if you want the elements to be in order (as a list is an ordered collection) and an array if you want to be able to select them quickly by key (as an array in Tcl is an unordered collection)

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