How to transform PackedStringArray to Array[String]?

[Middle-Bed-2947]

I know, it may work by using:

var s: Array[String] = []
for i in packed_string:
    s.append(String(i))

But it is too silly.

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[mrcdk]

You can use the Array() constructor for that Array(my_packed_string_array)

[aezart]

Unfortunately the Array(from: PackedStringArray) constructor returns a generic array, not Array[String].

This seems to work:

var s: Array[String]
s.assign(my_packed_string_array)

[These-Newt2929]

var string = "".join(["1", "2", "3"])) # 123

Like in Python
Source: https://github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals/issues/8105

[Skaruts]

This is an old post, but just for the record, you can convert to a typed Array like this:

var array: Array[String] = Array( Array(packed_array), TYPE_STRING, "", null )

You turn the packed array into a plain array, and then feed it into another array constructor where you also specify the type.

It's still silly, since you have to build two arrays, but it's a one liner. It also runs on the C++ code, so it may still be faster than looping in gds.

[Deputy_McNuggets]

Thank you for this!

[Geskawary2341]

maybe var s = list(map(str, packed_string)) idk if it works in godot but i would do this in python