Read Index of Array Element in Event Structure

Issue Details

Solution

The event structure does not provide this information by default. You need to manually compare the old and new values of the array in order to get the index of the modified element. See this example for how to compare the elements:

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This code was created for an array of buttons, but works the same way for all common datatypes.

Additional Information

If you are using an array of clusters, you have to modify the code to compare the cluster elements as well:

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