Reverse (Array.reverse Method); Shift (Array.shift Method); Slice (Array.slice Method) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

reverse (Array.reverse method)

public reverse() : Void
Reverses the array in place.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Example
The following example uses this method to reverse the array :
numbers_array
var numbers_array:Array = new Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
trace(numbers_array); // Displays 1,2,3,4,5,6.
numbers_array.reverse();
trace(numbers_array); // Displays 6,5,4,3,2,1.

shift (Array.shift method)

public shift() : Object
Removes the first element from an array and returns that element.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Returns
- The first element in an array.
Object
Example
The following code creates the array and then removes the first element from
myPets_array
the array and assigns it to the variable :
shifted
var myPets_array:Array = new Array("cat", "dog", "bird", "fish");
var shifted:Object = myPets_array.shift();
trace(shifted); // Displays "cat".
trace(myPets_array); // Displays dog,bird,fish.
See also
, ,
pop (Array.pop method) push (Array.push method) unshift (Array.unshift
method)

slice (Array.slice method)

public slice([startIndex:Number], [endIndex:Number]) : Array
Returns a new array that consists of a range of elements from the original array, without
modifying the original array. The returned array includes the element and all
startIndex
elements up to, but not including, the element.
endIndex
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