Name
Array.toString
( ) Method — convert an array to a string of comma-separated element values
Availability
Flash 5
Synopsis
array.toString( )
Returns
A comma-separated list of array
’s
elements converted to strings.
Description
The toString( )
method creates a string
representation of array
. The string
returned by toString( )
is a list of array
elements converted to strings and separated by commas (the same as is
returned by the join( )
method when
join( )
is invoked without parameters). An
array’s toString( )
method is
automatically invoked whenever the array is used in a string context.
Therefore, it is rarely necessary to manually execute
toString( )
on an array. Normally, when we want
a precise string representation of an array, we use the
join( )
method, which offers us more control
over the string we’re creating.
Example
myList = new Array("a", "b", "c"); // Create an array trace(myList.toString( )); // Displays: "a","b","c" myList = new Array([1, 2, 3], "a", "b", "c"); // Create a nested array trace(myList.toString( )); // Displays: "1,2,3,a,b,c"
See Also
Array.join( )
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