Comments on: How to reverse an array with ActionScript (without the .reverse method)

By: Binary Search: created with Flex Builder 2 by Sean Moore: ActionScript Coder

Tue, 24 Apr 2007 04:25:29 +0000

[...] If you remember back about a year ago now you may recall seeing an algorithm posted on the ActionScript Cheatsheet blog demonstrating how to reverse an Array. There was a distance learning course on UWTV on the C programming langauge and an unrelated blog post that prompted my interest in the reverse algorithm. Recently I was asked about an algorithm to “guess” an integer within a given range. Something about that old reverse algorithm instantly met my mind. The whole left, right, mid concept in particular. [...]

By: thomas

thomas — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:48:23 +0000

I am trying to reverse the array of an xml file so that if you add a new element to the top of the xml file it will load in reverse order in a list component. is this possible?

By: nickjohnston

nickjohnston — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 00:03:01 +0000

I found that you have to return the array that is passed in the function callback

function reverse(_arr):Array{
var left:Number = 0;
var right:Number = _arr.length-1;

while(left

By: bigusfickes

bigusfickes — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:56:52 +0000

or if you’re stuck in AS1 land.

var example_array = new Array(1,2,3,4,5);

trace(example_array);

example_array.reverse();

trace(example_array);