Array structure

Question

I'm stillnew to array.
So i'm trying to create a dynamic structure like this:
this_array = new Array();
some_values = new Array();
some_values = param.split ( " , " )
for ( i = 0 ; i < param.length ; i ++ ){
this[ "values_" + i ] = param[ i ] ;
return_values = this[ "values_" + i ]
this_array_structure = [ some_object , return_values ]
this_array.push( this_array_structure )
trace ( this_array ) // returns: computer_A , usb
the problem is that the "return_values" consists more than
one variable, in this case it has 5 : " dvi , firewire , audio ,
video , usb "
Somehow it only returns the last variable which is usb.
I'm trying to make it so that it would return something like
this:
[ computer_A , dvi , firewire , audio , video , usb ]
The reason why I want to make it dynamic because each item
has a different number of properties. In this case computer_A has
5, computer_B may only have 4 and so forth.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

The 350Z wrote:
> this_array = new Array();
> some_values = new Array();
> some_values = param.split ( " , " )
> for ( i = 0 ; i < param.length ; i ++ ){
> this = param ;
> return_values = this
> }
> this_array_structure =
> this_array.push( this_array_structure )
> trace ( this_array ) // returns: computer_A , usb
Sorry but your code doesn't make any sense: you are
overwritting the this
reference in a for loop and I think you may be confusing the
length
property of strings and the length property of arrays, this
just cannot
work. Was that a copy paste of the code you are actually
using?
Anyway, since you have a string, you don't need a for loop at
all, the
method split will return an array directly. So as an example:
var param = "dvi , firewire , audio , video , usb"
var the_array = param.split(" , ");
trace(the_array); // done!
And if you need to add the content of this array to another,
check out the
method "concat".
Best luck,
Tim.