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Array.length
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
myArray
.length
Description
Property; contains the length of the array. This property is automatically updated when new elements are added to the array. When you assign a value to an array element (for example, myArray
[
index
] =
value
),
if index
is a number, and index
+1
is a greater than the length
property, the length
property is updated to index
+ 1
.
Example
The following code explains how the length
property is updated.
// initial length is 0 myArray = new Array(); myArray[0] = 'a'; // myArray.length is updated to 1 myArray[1] = 'b'; // myArray.length is updated to 2 myArray[9] = 'c'; // myArray.length is updated to 10
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