User Guide

Array 245
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5 - Became a native object in Flash Player 6,
which improved performance significantly.
Example
In the following example, my_array contains four months of the year:
var my_array:Array = new Array();
my_array[0] = "January";
my_array[1] = "February";
my_array[2] = "March";
my_array[3] = "April";
Property summary
Properties inherited from class Object
Constructor summary
Modifiers Property Description
static CASEINSENSITIVE:Numb
er
In the sorting methods, this constant specifies case-
insensitive sorting.
static DESCENDING:Number In the sorting methods, this constant specifies
descending sort order.
length:Number A non-negative integer specifying the number of
elements in the array.
static NUMERIC:Number In the sorting methods, this constant specifies
numeric (instead of character-string) sorting.
static RETURNINDEXEDARRAY:N
umber
Specifies that a sort returns an indexed array as a
result of calling the sort() or sortOn() method.
static UNIQUESORT:Number In the sorting methods, this constant specifies the
unique sorting requirement.
constructor (Object.constructor property), __proto__ (Object.__proto__
property), prototype (Object.prototype property), __resolve
(Object.__resolve property)
Signature Description
Array([value:Object]
)
Lets you create an array.