make several arrays from one array

[fruitbeard]

Hi,

This is something I hacked together, perhaps it can be jiggled around a bit for better coding ???

try it and see what it traces for you.

var A = ["abcde", "abcde", "abcde", "abcde", "abcde", "abcde", "abcde", "abcde", "abcde", "abcde", "abcde"];
var J:Number = A.length;
var NewArray:Array = [];
var MySplit:Number = 3;
var S:Number = 0;
var i:Number;

trace("// Original array started as [" + A + "]");
trace("// Original array length = " + J);
trace("// Split original array into arrays " + MySplit + " parts long,");
trace("// then create single end array with extra (if any).");
for (i = 0; i < J; i++)
{
    NewArray[i] = [];
    if (A.length < MySplit)
    {
        if (A.length < 1)
        {
            break;
        }
        else
        {
            CC = A.splice(0, A.length);
            NewArray[i].push(CC);
            trace("NewArray[[" + i + "]]=[" + NewArray[i] + "]" + " Array length = " + NewArray[i][0].length);
            S++;
            break;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        CC = A.splice(0, MySplit);
        NewArray[i].push(CC);
        trace("NewArray[[" + i + "]]=[" + NewArray[i] + "]" + " Array length = " + NewArray[i][0].length);
        S++;
    }
}
trace("// " + S + " separate arrays have now been created from the original and merged.");
trace("// Original array finished as [" + A + "]");