global arrays

[mathieu]

Is it possible to declare an array as global in VEX ? I would like to use fixed values in my arrays for computing in subfunctions. I have tried to do that like in C but it seems to not work .

global vector a[]={{1,1,1},...,{1,0,10}}

vector (){

return a[1];

}

Mathieu

[Mario Marengo]

No, you can't declare global data in VEX -- that is, not global in the sense that it can be accessed by different VEX functions (shaders, sops, whatever) with a lifespan of a Mantra frame or a Houdini session.

However, you can create such a beast as a VEX DSO (data plus access functions). See the $HT/include/VEX/VEX_VexOp.h header for the API to this.

HTH.