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.IX Title "PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Array 3pm"
.TH PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Array 3pm "2023-09-29" "perl v5.36.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
PDF::API2::Basic::PDF::Array \- Low\-level PDF array object
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.ie n .SS "PDF::Array\->new($parent, @values)"
.el .SS "PDF::Array\->new($parent, \f(CW@values\fP)"
.IX Subsection "PDF::Array->new($parent, @values)"
Creates an array with the given storage parent and an optional list of values to
initialise the array with.
.ie n .SS "$a\->outobjdeep($fh, $pdf)"
.el .SS "\f(CW$a\fP\->outobjdeep($fh, \f(CW$pdf\fP)"
.IX Subsection "$a->outobjdeep($fh, $pdf)"
Outputs an array as a \s-1PDF\s0 array to the given filehandle.
.ie n .SS "$a\->\fBelements()\fP"
.el .SS "\f(CW$a\fP\->\fBelements()\fP"
.IX Subsection "$a->elements()"
Returns the contents of the array.
.ie n .SS "$a\->add_elements(@elements)"
.el .SS "\f(CW$a\fP\->add_elements(@elements)"
.IX Subsection "$a->add_elements(@elements)"
Appends the given elements to the array. An element is only added if it
is defined.
.ie n .SS "$a\->remove_element($element)"
.el .SS "\f(CW$a\fP\->remove_element($element)"
.IX Subsection "$a->remove_element($element)"
Removes all occurrences of an element from an array.
.ie n .SS "$a\->\fBval()\fP"
.el .SS "\f(CW$a\fP\->\fBval()\fP"
.IX Subsection "$a->val()"
Returns a reference to the contents of the array.
.ie n .SS "$a\->copy($pdf)"
.el .SS "\f(CW$a\fP\->copy($pdf)"
.IX Subsection "$a->copy($pdf)"
Copies the array with deep-copy on elements which are not full \s-1PDF\s0 objects
with respect to a particular \f(CW$pdf\fR output context