Flash / Flex / ActionScript/Array/Array Utilties

Class that contains static utility methods for manipulating and working with Arrays

 
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package com.adobe.utils
{
  
  /**
  *   Class that contains static utility methods for manipulating and working
  *  with Arrays.
  * 
  *  Note that all APIs assume that they are working with well formed arrays.
  *  i.e. they will only manipulate indexed values.  
  * 
  *   @langversion ActionScript 3.0
  *  @playerversion Flash 9.0
  *  @tiptext
  */    
  public class ArrayUtil
  {
        
    /**
    *  Determines whether the specified array contains the specified value.  
    * 
    *   @param arr The array that will be checked for the specified value.
    *
    *  @param value The object which will be searched for within the array
    * 
    *   @return True if the array contains the value, False if it does not.
    *
    *   @langversion ActionScript 3.0
    *  @playerversion Flash 9.0
    *  @tiptext
    */      
    public static function arrayContainsValue(arr:Array, value:Object):Boolean
    {
      return (arr.indexOf(value) != -1);
    }  
    
    /**
    *  Remove all instances of the specified value from the array,
    * 
    *   @param arr The array from which the value will be removed
    *
    *  @param value The object that will be removed from the array.
    *
    *   @langversion ActionScript 3.0
    *  @playerversion Flash 9.0
    *  @tiptext
    */    
    public static function removeValueFromArray(arr:Array, value:Object):void
    {
      var len:uint = arr.length;
      
      for(var i:Number = len; i > -1; i--)
      {
        if(arr[i] === value)
        {
          arr.splice(i, 1);
        }
      }          
    }
    /**
    *  Create a new array that only contains unique instances of objects
    *  in the specified array.
    *
    *  Basically, this can be used to remove duplication object instances
    *  from an array
    * 
    *   @param arr The array which contains the values that will be used to
    *  create the new array that contains no duplicate values.
    *
    *  @return A new array which only contains unique items from the specified
    *  array.
    *
    *   @langversion ActionScript 3.0
    *  @playerversion Flash 9.0
    *  @tiptext
    */  
    public static function createUniqueCopy(a:Array):Array
    {
      var newArray:Array = new Array();
      
      var len:Number = a.length;
      var item:Object;
      
      for (var i:uint = 0; i < len; ++i)
      {
        item = a[i];
        
        if(ArrayUtil.arrayContainsValue(newArray, item))
        {
          continue;
        }
        
        newArray.push(item);
      }
      
      return newArray;
    }
    
    /**
    *  Creates a copy of the specified array.
    *
    *  Note that the array returned is a new array but the items within the
    *  array are not copies of the items in the original array (but rather 
    *  references to the same items)
    * 
    *   @param arr The array that will be copies
    *
    *  @return A new array which contains the same items as the array passed
    *  in.
    *
    *   @langversion ActionScript 3.0
    *  @playerversion Flash 9.0
    *  @tiptext
    */      
    public static function copyArray(arr:Array):Array
    {  
      return arr.slice();
    }
    
    /**
    *  Compares two arrays and returns a boolean indicating whether the arrays
    *  contain the same values at the same indexes.
    * 
    *   @param arr1 The first array that will be compared to the second.
    *
    *   @param arr2 The second array that will be compared to the first.
    *
    *  @return True if the arrays contains the same values at the same indexes.
      False if they do not.
    *
    *   @langversion ActionScript 3.0
    *  @playerversion Flash 9.0
    *  @tiptext
    */    
    public static function arraysAreEqual(arr1:Array, arr2:Array):Boolean
    {
      if(arr1.length != arr2.length)
      {
        return false;
      }
      
      var len:Number = arr1.length;
      
      for(var i:Number = 0; i < len; i++)
      {
        if(arr1[i] !== arr2[i])
        {
          return false;
        }
      }
      
      return true;
    }
  }
}