Hi Andreas,
Give this a shot I think it will do what you need. Its a little messy since
I just typed it really quick. Hope it helps:
//---Some contrived complex structure to trace
var myOb = new Object();
myOb.name = "jobe"
myOb.animals = ["free", "gulliver"];
myOb.someArr = [{email:"[EMAIL PROTECTED]", vocation:"programmer",
male:true, hasKids:false}, 30];
//------
checkIt();
function checkIt() {
var output:String = inspect(myOb, "");
trace(output);
}
function inspect(ob, str, parent) {
if (ob instanceof Array) {
str += "[";
} else if (ob instanceof Object) {
str += "{";
}
var firstone:Boolean = true;
for (var i in ob) {
var type = typeof ob[i];
if (!firstone) {
str += ", ";
} else {
firstone = false;
}
if (type == "object") {
var val = inspect(ob[i], "", ob);
if (ob instanceof Array) {
str += val;
} else {
str += i+": "+val;
}
} else {
if (ob instanceof Array) {
str += interpretValue(ob[i])
} else if (ob instanceof Object) {
str += i+":"+interpretValue(ob[i]);
}
}
}
if (ob instanceof Array) {
str += "]";
} else if (ob instanceof Object) {
str += "}";
}
return str;
}
function interpretValue(val) {
if (Number(val) === val){
//number
return val;
} else if (val == true || val == false) {
return val;
} else {
return "'"+val+"'";
}
return val;
}
Jobe Makar
http://www.electrotank.com
http://www.electro-server.com
phone: 919-609-0408
mobile: 919-610-5754
fax: 919-341-8104
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Flashcoders" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:14 AM
Subject: [Flashcoders] universal toString() function
I'm quite sure that this must be around somewhere, but this time I didn't
have any luck searching the archives...
What I'm looking for is similar to a deep-copy/clone method (e.g.
Arul/Tatsuo
http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/htdig/flashcoders/2004-March/106149.htm
l) but instead of getting a clone of the object in return, I'd like to get
a
String representation of the object.
Example of the desired functionality:
o = {a:1, b:2, c:{c1:['a','b','c'], c2:true}};
var s:String = universalToString(o);
trace(s);
Output: {a:1, b:2, c:{c1:['a','b','c'], c2:true}}
In my case the object will not contain any methods, just (deeply nested)
'vanilla' Objects, Arrays, Strings, Numbers and Booleans.
Thanks for any pointers!
--------------
Andreas Weber
motiondraw.com
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