# Table to an array

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-to-an-array/14369>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 22, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-to-an-array/14369 "2017-05-22T19:35:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![darrell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/54ee81/32.png) [@darrell](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/darrell)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-to-an-array/14369/1 "2017-05-22T19:35:00Z")

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Is there a method in Ignition to take the data in a table and stick it in an memory tag array.

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2017, 11:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/table-to-an-array/14369/2 "2017-05-22T23:48:23Z")

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Hi Darrell,

You could do that through Python scripting, using the system.tag.write function. I think writing the data to a dataset memory tag would be easier.

Here’s an example:

```auto
table = event.source.parent.getComponent('Table')
system.tag.write("test",table.data)

```