Method DeepCopy

Common/Core/vtkStringArray.cxx:239–288

// Deep copy of another string array.

void vtkStringArray::DeepCopy(vtkAbstractArray* aa)
{
  // Do nothing on a nullptr input.
  if (!aa)
  {
    return;
  }

  // Avoid self-copy.
  if (this == aa)
  {
    return;
  }

  // If data type does not match, we can't copy.
  if (aa->GetDataType() != this->GetDataType())
  {
    vtkErrorMacro(<< "Incompatible types: tried to copy an array of type "
                  << aa->GetDataTypeAsString() << " into a string array ");
    return;
  }

  vtkStringArray* fa = vtkArrayDownCast<vtkStringArray>(aa);
  if (fa == nullptr)
  {
    vtkErrorMacro(<< "Shouldn't Happen: Couldn't downcast array into a vtkStringArray.");
    return;
  }

  // Free our previous memory.
  if (this->DeleteFunction)
  {
    this->DeleteFunction(this->Array);
  }

  this->Superclass::DeepCopy(aa); // copy information objects.

  // Copy the given array into new memory.
  this->NumberOfComponents = aa->GetNumberOfComponents();
  this->MaxId = fa->GetMaxId();
  this->Size = fa->GetSize();
  this->DeleteFunction = DefaultDeleteFunction;
  this->Array = new ValueType[this->Size];

  for (int i = 0; i < this->Size; ++i)
  {
    this->Array[i] = fa->Array[i];
  }
  this->DataChanged();
}

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// Interpolate array value from other array value given the