Array.concat( ) Method

ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
By Colin Moock
Chapter 18.  ActionScript Language Reference
Array.concat( ) Method Flash 5

create a new array by extending an existing array
array.concat(value1, value2, value3,...valuen)

Arguments

value1, ...valuen

A list of expressions to be added to the end of array as new elements.

Returns

A new array containing all the elements of array, followed by the elements value1, ...valuen.

Description

The concat( ) method returns a new array created by appending new elements to the end of an existing array. The original array is left unchanged. Use the push( ), splice( ), or shift( ) method to modify the original array.

If an array is used as an argument to concat( ), each element of that array is appended separately. That is, the result of arrayX.concat(arrayY) will be an array formed by appending each element of arrayY to the end of arrayX. The resulting array will have a length equal to arrayY.length + arrayX.length. Nested arrays, however, are not similarly flattened.

Example

// Create an array myListA = new Array("apples", "oranges");     // Set myListB to ["apples", "oranges", "bananas"] myListB = myListA.concat("bananas");          // Create another new array myListC = new Array("grapes", "plums");     // Set myListD to ["apples", "oranges", "bananas", "grapes", "plums"] myListD = myListB.concat(myListC);     // Set myListA to ["apples", "oranges", "bananas"] myListA = myListA.concat("bananas");     // Create an array settings  = ["on", "off"]; // Append an array containing a nested array options = settings.concat(["brightness", ["high", "medium", "low"]]); // Sets options to: ["on", "off", "brightness", ["high", "medium", "low"]]  // not: ["on", "off", "brightness", "high", "medium", "low"]

See Also

Array.push( ), Array.shift( ), Array.splice( ); Section 11.7.3.4

     



    ActionScript for Flash MX. The Definitive Guide
    ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition
    ISBN: 059600396X
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2002
    Pages: 780
    Authors: Colin Moock

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