Difference between revisions of "Ar Null"

Ar Null (edit)

194 bytes added , 08:11, 27 February 2015

arrays are NOT always cleaned up automatically! source- personal testing

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 {{Function
   |origin = NVSE
-  |summary = Returns a constant, an invalid array.  This is useful if you wish to specify that a variable which previously referred to an array should no longer refer to any array.
+  |summary = Returns a constant, an invalid array. This is used to clear up array variables when they are no longer necessary, such as when a script terminates.
-Note that redundant arrays which are no longer referenced by any scripts or other arrays are deleted automatically, this is not a typical usage function.
+As of NVSE 4.6.2, arrays defined in [[User Defined Function|UDF]] scripts are cleaned up automatically, <b>but those held in other scripts are not</b>. Therefore it is essential to use Ar_Null to clear any local array variables when other scripts terminate to avoid save game bloat.
   |name = Ar_Null
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 ==See Also==
 *[[Array Variable]]
+*[[Sv_Destruct]] (Equivalent to clear redundant [[String Variable|string variables]])
 *[[Ar_Resize]]
 *[[Ar_BadNumericIndex]]