 | | | Re: Find stuff in Flash array? | Re: Find stuff in Flash array? 2003-12-03 - By oscar freyre
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If the array is not changing constantly, you can sort
the array, and use an eficient algorithm
--- Daniel Isenhower <jml@(protected)> wrote:
> > Does anyone here have knowlege of Flash arrays?
> > Say I've got an Array(1,3,5,7,11). How can I find
> out if 3 is in the
> array?
>
> ...and just to clarify what I've already been
> through:
>
> I obviously can't access it like this:
>
> var someNumbers = Array(1,3,5,7,11);
> var lookingFor = 3;
> trace(someNumbers[lookingFor]);
>
> ...becuase that would return 7.
> I've also tried it like this:
>
> var someNumbers = Array(1,3,5,7,11);
> var lookingFor = 3;
> trace(someNumbers[String(lookingFor)]);
>
> ...and it returns "undefined". Not that I was
> expecting that to work
> anyway, but I'm getting desparate. Is there no
> other way other than looping
> through the entire array?
>
> var someNumbers = Array(1,3,5,7,11);
> var lookingFor = 3;
> for (var i in someNumbers) {
> if (someNumbers[i] == lookingFor) {
> trace("i've found it the inefficient way
> :-/");
> }
> }
>
> ...the array could potentially be very big. I would
> think that would slow
> down my project quite a bit eventually.
>
> Surely there's another way? I've looked through the
> AS help and on
> macromedia.com, but to no avail :(
>
> -Daniel
> www.triinfinite.net
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>
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