How do I create a count box for how many lines are in my array?

Hello folks!

I am trying to make something perhaps kind of odd for Construct - an inventory system, but not for a game, as in real life barcode scanning inventory haha.

I have written a nice code for this in Excel and it works well, but I want to see if I can do something similar in Construct so I can have a better look than Excel (more visual customization).

So far I have a text box tied to an array that then automatically exports to a CSV.

What I am looking to do is have another text box next to the barcode textbox and have it keep count of how many lines have been scanned in (to give a total item count).

I have ideas using variables and comparing the array height, but cannot seem to wrap my head around it.

Any thoughts?

Thank you!

The Array in Construct can use Push. You can start with a 0 size array and every time you scan you can Push a new instance into the array. To delete an instance you just use delete. These will both edit your Array Width (size).

To capture the current size simply create a text object. And every (whatever timing you decide) setText to Array.Width.

Potential issues:

Changing your array size means whatever you had in index 15 at one time may be else where at a later time. So you would need to add additional width/depth to the array to add an ID.

You are awesome!

I had no idea about pushing, works perfect. I ended up just pushing every time the "enter" key is pressed, because barcode scanners automatically hit enter after each scan.

Thank you so much! :D