Finding data in an Array

[roboprez]

Okay I have an array with quite a bit of data in it
I want to find one value and push it too another array
how would I do this? is there some kind of function to search the values and get the index number?

(if you don't understand my problem here's an example)
I have an array(8,5,3,6,21,76,8)
I want to take the value of 21, cut it out of this array and put onto another one
the first array should be(8,5,3,6,76,8) and the 2nd just (21)

[TheSwindler]

You can always use a for loop and an if statement.

[KaynSlamdyke]

At 7/24/09 09:42 PM, roboprez wrote: Okay I have an array with quite a bit of data in it
I want to find one value and push it too another array
how would I do this? is there some kind of function to search the values and get the index number?

(if you don't understand my problem here's an example)
I have an array(8,5,3,6,21,76,8)
I want to take the value of 21, cut it out of this array and put onto another one
the first array should be(8,5,3,6,76,8) and the 2nd just (21)

var arrayData:Array = [8,5,3,6,21,76,8]
var search:Number = 21;
var result:Number;

for(var i:Number = arrayData.length-1; i>=0 ; i--){ //Reverse searching an array. Since we're deleting stuff, we go backwards, that way we don't skip things by accident.
  if(arrayData[i] == search){
   result = arrayData[i]; //Set result variable to the found value
   arrayData.splice(i, 1); //Deletes one element from position i
   break; //We've found the data. Get out of the for loop. If this line gets removed we continue looping, and that's why we reverse search
  }
}
trace(result); // Returns 21
trace(arrayData); // Returns 8,5,3,6,76,8

[roboprez]

yes but how do I cut the data out of the array?

[roboprez]

sorry I didn't see the last post. Yes using a loop and the splice/push functions do it perfectly! Thanks!

[SpamBurger]

At 7/24/09 09:59 PM, roboprez wrote: yes but how do I cut the data out of the array?

He did it in the code he gave you. Splice() removes a value from an array.

[KaynSlamdyke]

Gotta love the minute between post gap...