Arrays (Solidity)

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to make this function work in such a way that when you compile and interact with the hasDups function, it will print either TRUE or FALSE, depending on which array you wish to call. What else am I missing in my code?

pragma solidity ^0.8.9;

contract ReturnArrayBool {

    uint256[] arr1 = [1,2,3,4,5];
    uint256[] arr2 = [1,2,3,4,5,5];
    
    function hasDups(uint256[] memory arr) public pure returns(bool){

        for(uint256 i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            uint256 digit = arr[i];

            for(uint256 j = i+1; j < arr.length; j++) {
                if(arr[j] == digit) {
                    return true;
                }
            }   
        }
        return false;
    }
}

Answer 1

To dynamically be able to select a state array to work on, you could put it in a mapping with a key to identify it:

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.16;

contract ReturnArrayBool {

    mapping(uint256 => uint256[]) public hardCodedArrays;

    constructor() {
        hardCodedArrays[1] = [1,2,3,4,5];
        hardCodedArrays[2] = [1,2,3,4,5,5];
    }
    
    function hasDups(uint256 arrayIndex) public view returns(bool){
        uint256[] memory arr = hardCodedArrays[arrayIndex];
        for(uint256 i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            uint256 digit = arr[i];

            for(uint256 j = i+1; j < arr.length; j++) {
                if(arr[j] == digit) {
                    return true;
                }
            }   
        }
        return false;
    }

    function addElements(uint256 toArray, uint256 element) public {
        hardCodedArrays[toArray].push(element);
    }

}

I put a simple example. You could dynamically add elements. You could write logic to remove elements, search for elements, etc.

Notice that I used a 1 as the key of the first array, and a 2 as the key of the second array.

You could then call like from Remix like:

And: