Re: unsetting object property in AS2

  Remove

On Oct 19, 2007, at 7:09 AM, Andrew Sinning wrote:

> A question in my sent box from when the list went down:
>
> I like to use the Object class as an index, but there doesn't  
> appear to be a way to completely remove a property from an object.   
> I can set the value to null, but I'd really like to be able to  
> remove the property completely.  Why? Because if I want to do a  
> reverse lookup, then I have to iterate through all of the  
> properties, but having to iterate through the nulled values seems  
> inefficient.
>
> I can do this with another class, something that includes an Array  
> to keep track of current properties and an Object for the index,  
> but I'm wondering if I'm overlooking something.  Often I find that  
> I am.
>
> Speaking of Arrays, it's a bit frustrating that there's no easy way  
> to remove an item from an array either.  Currently I use:
>
>   iterate through the array to find the index of the needle
>   splice the Array at the index
>
> Is there a faster way to remove an item from an array?
>
>
> Thanks!
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