Arrays in JavaScript are extremely useful for storing and manipulating information you have coded directly into the script, or information collected from the browser. In this article, Dan Wellman details how to use and manipulate them.
The array is one of a number of objects built directly into JavaScript. Think of them simply as variables containing multiple values. They can hold string or numerical values, have no maximum boundaries (although the speed at which your scripts are interpreted will decrease as the amount of data increases) and are comma delimited. They have no persistence, meaning that their values are not held once the page containing the script has closed or reloaded.
The aim of this article is to show you how information can be hard-coded into your scripts and how that information can be addressed and used to enhance your Web pages.
Chris, Los Angeles' CSS & ActionScript guru, successfully cannonballed into web development in the late 90's. Always caught up with the latest in Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, and XML, Chris authored premium articles for the largest Dreamweaver/Flash community (www.DMXzone.com) and produced WebDevDesign (iTunes featured), a popular Web Design & Development Podcast. Somewhere, Chris finds time to run an authorized Adobe user group focused around open source and Adobe technologies. Being a big community leader, Chris Charlton remains a resident faculty member of the Rich Media Insitute and lends himself to speak at large industry events, like JobStock, NAB, and FITC Hollywood.
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