compare array

[ycclisa]

Can I compare array like these?
I have an array like this,

myArray=new Array(a,f,s,h,b);

and another two dimension arrays,

allArray=new Array();
allArray[0}=new Array(s,r,a,w,g);
allArray[1}=new Array(l,r,e,x,m);
allArray[2}=new Array(h,f,b,s,a);
allArray[3}=new Array(a,v,o,m,n);
allArray[4}=new Array(z,d,q,b,c);

How can I compare myArray and allArray and find the one from the allArray list which is match to myArray? But it doesn't matter of the order. In this case, it should be found out myArray matches allArray[2].


Can anybody help me?

[Duncher Muncher]

G'Day,

I'm not to sure about how to do it in flash but I can help you with the algorithm.

Basically you need a nested for loop with an if statement inside that. Sould be something like...

for (int i = 0; i < allArray[i].length - 1; i++)
{
for (int x = 0; x < myArray.length - 1; x++)
{
if (myArray[x] == allArray[i][x])
{
count += 1;
}
if (count == myArray.length)
{
ans = i;
}
count = 0;
}
}

This will return the element number of the array which matches myArray. See how that goes, as I said I don't expect the syntax to be right for flash but I know the logic is.

[Duncher Muncher]

G'Day,

Sorry big booboo. You need another for loop in there, let me try again

for (int i = 0; i < allArray.length - 1; i++)
{
for (int x = 0; x < myArray.length - 1; x++)
{
for (int p = 0; p < allArray[i].length - 1; p++)
{
if (myArray[x] == allArray[i][p])
{
count += 1;
}
if (count == myArray.length)
{
ans = i;
}
}
count = 0;
}
}

[mgb]

Here's something I just done in Javascript:

myArray=new Array("a","f","s","h","b");
allArray=new Array();
allArray[0]=new Array("s","r","a","w","g");
allArray[1]=new Array("l","r","e","x","m");
allArray[2]=new Array("h","f","b","s","a");
allArray[3]=new Array("a","v","o","m","n");
allArray[4]=new Array("z","d","q","b","c");

counter=0
temp=""
lgn=myArray.length
function checkA(){
for(j=0;j<lgn;++j){
for(k=0;k<lgn;++k){
for(l=0;l<lgn;++l){
if(myArray[k]==allArray[j][l]){
counter+=1;
temp+=myArray[k];
}
}
}
document.write(temp+"-"+counter+"<br>")
counter=0
temp=""
}
}

The syntax is almost identical to flash and should be easily adaptable...


~mgb