User Guide

120 Chapter 2: ActionScript Language Reference

// my_array[2].age = 35;

// my_array[3].age = 4;

Example

The following example creates a new array and sorts it according to the fields name and city: The

first sort uses

name as the first sort value and city as the second. The second sort uses city as the

first sort value and

name as the second.

var rec_array:Array = new Array();

rec_array.push( { name: "john", city: "omaha", zip: 68144 } );

rec_array.push( { name: "john", city: "kansas city", zip: 72345 } );

rec_array.push( { name: "bob", city: "omaha", zip: 94010 } );

for(i=0; i<rec_array.length; i++) {

trace(rec_array[i].name + ", " + rec_array[i].city);

}

// results:

// john, omaha

// john, kansas city

// bob, omaha

rec_array.sortOn( [ "name", "city" ]);

for(i=0; i<rec_array.length; i++) {

trace(rec_array[i].name + ", " + rec_array[i].city);

}

// results:

// bob, omaha

// john, kansas city

// john, omaha

rec_array.sortOn( ["city", "name" ]);

for(i=0; i<rec_array.length; i++) {

trace(rec_array[i].name + ", " + rec_array[i].city);

}

// results:

// john, kansas city

// bob, omaha

// john, omaha