Re: unsetting object property in AS2

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On Oct 19, 2007, at 6:46 PM, Mark Winterhalder wrote:

> Andrew,
>
> you can do 'delete myObject.myProperty', and you may want to look into
> linked lists as an alternative to arrays:
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_list>
>
> HTH,
> Mark
>
>
>
> On 10/19/07, Andrew Sinning <[email protected]> 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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