List DataType - #albacktobasics.

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In this article we will talk about a New Datatype available in AL that was discussed in last #bcopendiscussion.

Question - What is List Data Type and How to Use It?

We will discuss in details about List Datatype. #albacktobasics

Available from AL runtime version 1.0.

What is List?

• List Represents a strongly typed list of ordered objects that can be accessed by index. 

How List is Different From Array?

• Contrary to the Array data type, a List is unbounded, such that its dimension does not need to be specified upon declaration.

Method with List?

• Insert - Inserts an element into the List at the specified index.
• Add - Adds a value to the end of the List.
• AddRange - Adds the elements of the specified collection to the end of the list.

• Count - Gets the number of elements contained in the List.
• LastIndexOf - Searches for the specified value and returns the one-based index of the last occurrence within the entire List.
• Reverse - Reverses the order of the elements in the entire List.

• Contains - Determines whether an element is in the List.
• Set - Sets the element at the specified index.
• Get - Gets the element at the specified index.
• GetRange - Get a shallow copy of a range of elements in the source.

• Remove - Removes the first occurrence of a specified value from the List.
• RemoveAt - Removes the element at the specified index of the List.
• RemoveRange - Removes a range of elements from the List.

Remember - 

• The List can only be used with simple types i.e. you can have a List of [Integer]. 
• We cannot have a List of [Blob]. 
• List data type does not support holding instantiated records. 
• Lists are 1-based indexed, that is, the indexing of a List begins with 1.

Example Code - 

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In Next article, We will see an example of how to use List with an extension scenario.

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