# Array
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array/7066
**Category:** Uncategorized
**Created:** [October 23, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array/7066 "2002-10-23T03:50:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@waffe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/waffe)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2002, 3:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array/7066/1 "2002-10-23T03:50:54Z")
How would one go about loading an external array into flash?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2002, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array/7066/2 "2002-10-23T04:24:03Z")
from where? You can create arrays from loaded text files etc… Just wondering where you will be pulling your array from?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array/7066/3 "2002-10-23T04:31:03Z")
I will be pulling the array from an asp file on a server.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array/7066/4 "2002-10-23T11:11:27Z")
TO load variables threw Asp file in flash u can use
loadVariables(“data.asp”, \_level0);
but i dont have idea how to get array variable threw asp.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2002, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array/7066/5 "2002-10-23T22:25:01Z")
have asp output the array as a delimited string then use String.split() to parse the string into an array.
say it was string “arrayString” delimited by “:”:
```auto
loader = new LoadVars();
loader.onLoad = function(){
_root.importedArray = this.arrayString.split(":");
}
loader.load("gimmeThatString.asp");
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array/7066/6 "2002-10-24T01:50:58Z")
Thanks, works great.
If you have some time take a look at my post called “parse of the array”
Its the next step.