There's also a performance issue there, since some array operations(ie.
splice) are more expensive than in dictionaries and some dictionaries
operations(ie.
for in) are more expensive than array ones.
Leandro Ferreira
On 3/11/08, Hans Wichman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On a sidenote, it's
If you want the best performance you can get:
http://lab.polygonal.de/2007/11/26/data-structures-more-on-linked-lists/
His doubly linked list is insanely fast. What I mean is, I had some code
that moved non-sequential items around a list. Using an Array, I could
easily cause Flash to timeout
can anyone say why dictionary is better than array.. Im seeing it used in alot
of papervision examples and i dont get why?
I will research this on my own as well..
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An Array is a linear collection. A Hash is a random access collection
(lookup table) of name-value pairs.
Dictionary is a fancy Hash that can take an Object as a key, instead of
a String, and uses strict (===) equality for its lookups.
hash = new Object();
hash.foo = bar;
array = new
: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:48:45 +0100
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Hi,
its a conceptual difference, array maps indices to objects, while a
dictionary maps objects to objects
You got it! :)
You can mix and match with a Dictionary, as well. You can use strings
as keys or objects.
Patrick Matte | BLITZ wrote:
Thanks Steven, I never really understood what a dictionary was myself, so
dictionary would be useful for something like this ?
dictionary = new
Dwayne Neckles wrote:
can anyone say why dictionary is better than array.. Im seeing it
used in alot of papervision examples and i dont get why? I will
research this on my own as well..
Keys in an Array can be numeric, strings, or both:
var a:Array = [];
a[0] = something;
a[hello] =
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An Array is a linear collection. A Hash is a random access
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Matte | BLITZ
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Thanks Steven, I never really understood what a dictionary was myself,
so dictionary would be useful for something like this ?
dictionary = new Dictionary();
button1 = new
On a sidenote, it's pretty easy to implement for as2 too btw, although the
performance is probably not uber.
I gotta admit once you get used to object-to-object mapping ... ;)
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Claus Wahlers wrote:
An associative Array
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