Say you wanted to maintain an automatically sorted list. How would you do that? You could use a simple array and manually sort it every time - or you could use a priority queue!

This is going to be the last of the goofy demos that I'll be using to illustrate data structures - the last one, grids, will be using a different kind of visual aid. If you think these gags are dumb, rejoice.

Yes, I want to make a series on turn-based battles eventually. It's a common task that there isn't a single, nice answer to.

Years and years ago I made a set of videos about the different data structures in GameMaker. People seemed to find them useful overall but I'd like to start remaking them, 'cause they're old, and in any case a few things have changed about them since GameMaker 8.

Data structures in GameMaker:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hT--4HOvrc6VOnYqknHvRqOUs7AfHUc

The really old data structures videos, if you want them for some reason:
Lists - https://youtu.be/C6e2skkAVk8
Stacks - https://youtu.be/QsH0uiAhF0I
Queues - https://youtu.be/jWBfShu7BHQ
Maps - https://youtu.be/Gj6gh5sl3rg
Grids - https://youtu.be/7RNCthesrjg
Priority queues - https://youtu.be/b932bzzn3LE
Data structure accessors - https://youtu.be/MJRY1N15Kfs

GameMaker 3D playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hT--4HOvrcML9uqHe4fwBVTm650Vy3V
GameMaker Studio 2 playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hT--4HOvrdAGC6YHCqn_VR69GlR_rQw

Thumbnail credit:
priority by Myly from the Noun Project

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