Array split

[jugomkd]

Hi forum,
my asking is very simple ... i would like to put some delimiter within my array that provide data for comboBox component
i have tried something like this:

code:

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var actorsArray:Array = actorsData.split(rowdelimiter); //delimiter is ";" and it push records in new  row

for (z=0; z<actorsArray.length; ++z){

actorsArray = actorsArray[z].split(",");

}

actorsArray.unshift("default value for combo");

pickLetter2_cmb.removeAll();

pickLetter2_cmb.dataProvider = actorsArray;

// select first item by default

pickLetter2_cmb.selectedIndex = 0;

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but it doesn't work but rather give me result in combo as they are i.e.
row1 = name1, name2
row2 = name1, name2
etc.
Thanks in advance

[nunomira]

hi,

Do you want to get rid of ; and , in a string?

code:

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// the string with ; and ,

var s = "something; new tha, I may, want;to write";

// first array without ;

var a = new Array();

a = s.split(";");

// convert to string

t = a.toString();

// second array without ,

var b = new Array();

b = t.split(",");

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[jugomkd]

nunomira,
Thanks for your help but it's not that i want to do with my array.
I would like to remove only "," signs and after all cast in array appear in new row within Combo component, here is one example that is very close to mine solution but please before put one combo on stage and givi it a name pickLetter2_cmb:

code:

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// arrays

var names:Array = new Array("Jugo,Gambini", "Jugo,Peter,Andy,Matt,DD", "Peter,Greg,Craig,Thomas", "Peter,Yumin", "Yumin,DD,Dan", "Matt,Yumin", "Matt", "Adam,Adam");

var myDP:Array = new Array();

// helper function

function makeUniqueArray(arrayObj:Array):Array {

var returnArr:Array = new Array();

var tempHolder:Object = new Object();

for (var i = 0; i<arrayObj.length; i++) {

 tempHolder[arrayObj[i]] = arrayObj[i];

}

for (key in tempHolder) {

 returnArr.push(tempHolder[key]);

}

return returnArr;

}

// build our array using values with ","

for (i=0; i<names.length; i++) {

var tempArray:Array = new Array();

tempArray = (names[i].split(","));

for (j=0; j<tempArray.length; j++) {

 myDP.push(tempArray[j]);

}

}

// sort array

myDP.sort(1);

// strip of duplicates

myDP = makeUniqueArray(myDP);

// becouse array is reverser reverse it again to get a-z

myDP.reverse();

// finnalyy show it

trace(myDP);

myDP.unshift("default value");

pickLetter2_cmb.removeAll();

pickLetter2_cmb.dataProvider = myDP;

// select first item by default

pickLetter2_cmb.selectedIndex = 0;

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but when i put real data from Database instead new array with names it give strange result .... so i thought to simplify this above .... maybe you know for what i'm talking about
Note: sure that i'm using third part product for database conectivity
Thanks in advance