MACROMEDIA FLEX-FLEX ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference page 250

Example
Usage 1: The following example shows the use of
for :
option
var fruits_array:Array = new Array("oranges", "apples", "strawberries",
"pineapples", "cherries");
trace(fruits_array);
oranges,apples,strawberries,pineapples,cherries
fruits_array.sort();
trace(fruits_array);
apples,cherries,oranges,pineapples,strawberries
fruits_array.sort(Array.DESCENDING);
trace(fruits_array);
strawberries,pineapples,oranges,cherries,apples
Usage 2: The following example uses
var passwords_array:Array = new Array("mom:glam", "ana:ring", "jay:mag",
"anne:home", "regina:silly");
function order(a, b):Number {
//Entries to be sorted are in form name:password
//Sort using only the name part of the entry as a key.
var name1:String = a.split(":")[0];
var name2:String = b.split(":")[0];
if (name1<name2) {
return -1;
} else if (name1>name2) {
return 1;
} else {
return 0;
}
}
trace("Unsorted:");
//displays Unsorted:
trace(passwords_array);
//writes mom:glam,ana:ring,jay:mag,anne:home,regina:silly
passwords_array.sort(order);
trace("Sorted:");
//displays Sorted:
trace(passwords_array);
//writes ana:ring,anne:home,jay:mag,mom:glam,regina:silly
See also
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250 Chapter 6: ActionScript Core Classes
// displays
// writes
// writes
Array.sort()
,
Array.sortOn()
with and without a value passed
Array.sort()
with a compare function: