ActionScript 2.0 :: [mx04] Create An Array Within A Class
Jul 6, 2004
this lack of formal multidimensional arrays in Actionscript is getting to me. I'm trying to create an array within a class so that it's flexible enough to dynamically allocate enough space depending on how the instance of the class is specified. Ideally, I want this array's elements to also be dynamically allocatable.I've used the trick to "force" a multidimensional array in Actionscript by doing something like this before:
var row0:Array = new Array();
var row1:Array = new Array();
var matrix = [row0, row1];
...but this method isn't practical for dynamically sized arrays.
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