Flash / Flex / ActionScript/Array/search

A generalized array-searching function

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){

       var soundtracks:Array = ["e", "h","p", "a", "c"];
       
       trace(searchArray(soundtracks,"h"));
       
           }
       function searchArray (theArray:Array, searchElement:Object):int {
         for (var i:int = 0; i < theArray.length; i++) {
           if (theArray[i] == searchElement) {
             return i;
           }
         }
         return -1;
       }
 }

}

       </source>
   
  

Search array elements

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){

       var soundtracks:Array = ["e", "h","p", "a", "c"];
       
       for (var i:int = 0; i < soundtracks.length; i++) {
         trace("Now examining element: " + i);
         if (soundtracks[i] == "h") {
           trace("The location of "h" is index: " + i);
           break;
         }
       }
   }
 }

} Now examining element: 0 Now examining element: 1 The location of "h" is index: 1

       </source>