RE: [flexcoders] bug in Array.splice?

[Tracy Spratt]

The for each loop does not process the array in order.  The traversal order is documented as not reliable, but actually seems to always return elements in the order which they are added to the array.   Try this using a straight for loop.  (I haven’t, so you could be correct about a bug)   Tracy   From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Pan Troglodytes Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 11:38 AM To: flexcoders Subject: [flexcoders] bug in Array.splice?   Either there is a bug in Array.splice, or the documentation is off. >From the help: Example The following code creates the Array object vegetables with the elements [spinach, green pepper, cilantro, onion, avocado]. The splice() method is then called with the parameters 2 and 2, which assigns cilantro and onion to the spliced array. The vegetables array then contains [spinach,green pepper,avocado]. The splice() method is called a second time using the parameters 1, 0, and the spliced array to assign [spinach,cilantro,onion,green pepper,avocado] to vegetables. var vegetables:Array = new Array("spinach",                  "green pepper",                  "cilantro",                  "onion",                  "avocado"); var spliced:Array = vegetables.splice(2, 2); trace(vegetables); // spinach,green pepper,avocado trace(spliced);    // cilantro,onion vegetables.splice(1, 0, spliced); trace(vegetables); // spinach,cilantro,onion,green pepper,avocado However, this is not the case.  When you pass an array as the third argument to splice, it adds the target ARRAY to the original array.  It does not insert the VALUES in the target array. if you add for each (var o:Object in vegetables)   trace(typeof(o), o.toString()); you will get: string spinach object cilantro,onion string green pepper string avocado So, is this a bug or intended behavior?  I could see how it could go either way.  However, it seems the example in the documentation should be fixed.  I'm thinking it was intended that a passed-in array would be disassembled and its components added.  Otherwise, why say "one or more comma-separated values, or an array, to insert into the array"?  Singling out array makes no sense, as it would be treated like any other value passed in. -- Jason __._,_.___ -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com SPONSORED LINKS Software development tool Software development Software development services Home design software Software development company Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___