How do I read only the speed on x-axis?

[RpT]

Hi guys, I've been trying to make a new kind of suspension for cars and I need to determine the speed on only just one axis so that, then I can calculate the overall speed.
So my question is how to "extract" only the first variable from the velocity[x,y] of an object?
Thank you electronicboy and Xray for answering me!

[electronicboy]

Arrays are done so that the first value is position 0, so, x - 0 and y - 1.

An example:
Scene.my.a = [1, 2, 3,]

Reading: scene.my.a(0) = 1
Reading: scene.my.a(1) = 2

[Xray]

So my question is how to "extract" only the first variable from the velocity[x,y] of an object?

For your specific example, it would be velocity(0)

The code would look something like this: scene.my.velX = velocity(0).

Unfortunately, you can only read an array element using an index. You cannot write to a single array element. For example, you CANNOT do velocity(0) = scene.my.velX. Many of us Thyme scripters have been begging for this fix for a long time, but it seems to fall on deaf ears.