MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT Reference Manual page 283

}
}
trace ("Unsorted:");
trace (passwords.join());
passwords.sort(order);
trace ("Sorted:");
trace (passwords.join());
The Output panel displays the following results:
Unsorted:
mom:glam,ana:ring,jay:mag,anne:home,regina:silly
Sorted:
ana:ring,anne:home,jay:mag,mom:glam,regina:silly
See also
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Array.sortOn()
Availability
Flash Player 6; additional capabilities added in Flash Player 7.
Usage
my_array.sortOn("fieldName" )
my_array.sortOn("fieldName", option | option |... )
my_array.sortOn( [ "fieldName" , "fieldName" , ... ] )
my_array.sortOn( [ "fieldName" , "fieldName" , ... ] , option | option |... )
Note: Where brackets ([]) are shown, you must include them in the code; that is, the brackets don't
represent optional parameters.
Parameters
A string that identifies a field (in an element of the Array) to be used as the
fieldName
sort value.
One or more numbers or strings, separated by the
option
change the behavior of the sort from the default. The following values are acceptable for
•
1 or
Array.CASEINSENSITIVE
•
2 or
Array.DESCENDING
•
4 or
Array.UNIQUE
•
8 or
Array.RETURNINDEXEDARRAY
•
16 or
Array.NUMERIC
Each of these options in discussed in more detail in "Description," below.
,
Array.sortOn()
operator, that
| (bitwise OR)
Array.sortOn()
:
option
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