Array help [flash 8]

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Can anyone tell me why this doesn’t work.
It is almost directly taken from here- http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/action_scripts/actionscript_dictionary/actionscript_dictionary069.html

ActionScript Code:
[FONT=Courier New][LEFT][COLOR=#000000]**var**[/COLOR] recArray = [COLOR=#000000]**new**[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000FF]Array[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];

recArray.[COLOR=#0000FF]push[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF]name[/COLOR]:[COLOR=#FF0000]“bob”[/COLOR], city:[COLOR=#FF0000]“omaha”[/COLOR], zip:[COLOR=#000080]68144[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
recArray.[COLOR=#0000FF]push[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF]name[/COLOR]:[COLOR=#FF0000]“greg”[/COLOR], city:[COLOR=#FF0000]“kansas city”[/COLOR], zip:[COLOR=#000080]72345[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
recArray.[COLOR=#0000FF]push[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]([/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]{[/COLOR][COLOR=#0000FF]name[/COLOR]:[COLOR=#FF0000]“chris”[/COLOR], city:[COLOR=#FF0000]“burlingame”[/COLOR], zip:[COLOR=#000080]94010[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000]}[/COLOR][COLOR=#000000])[/COLOR];
[COLOR=#0000FF]trace[/COLOR]COLOR=#000000[/COLOR];
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This is what it traces: [object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2

It does work - when tracing objects Flash calls the toString method of that object which, in this case, returns [object Object] :wink:

Use this to see all of the properties of each object:

var recArray = new Array();
recArray.push({name:"bob", city:"omaha", zip:68144});
recArray.push({name:"greg", city:"kansas city", zip:72345});
recArray.push({name:"chris", city:"burlingame", zip:94010});
recArray.sortOn("city");
for (var i:Number = 0; i < recArray.length; i++) {
 trace("recArray[" + i + "]: ");
 for (var prop in recArray*) {
  trace("	" + prop + ": " + recArray*[prop]);
 }
}

Hope this helps :hoser:

3

Thank you!!!
It all makes sense now…

4

Welcome :beer: