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CISC 110
Day 5
Arrays and Random Numbers
Outline
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Data Structures
Lists: One-dimensional arrays
Array Declarations and Statements
Initializing Arrays
Size of Arrays
– length attribute
• Adding and Removing Elements
• Random Numbers
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Data Structures
Data Structures are ways to organize groups of
data elements.
We have worked with individual variables and with
properties of objects.
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Data Structures
Examples of Single Variables
age
name
height
cute
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“Daniel”
38.5
true
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Data Structures
A String is actually an object
“Daniel”
characters
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length
name
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Common Ways to Structure Data
1. List (in ActionScript: one-dimensional arrays)
Example Lists:
* Shopping List
* Marks List
* List of Student Names
Physical Structure:
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Common Ways to Structure Data
2. Table (in ActionScript: 2-dimensional arrays)
Example Tables:
* Periodic Table of Elements
* Representation of a Chess Board
Physical Structure:
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Common Ways to Structure Data
3. Record (in ActionScript: objects)
Example Records:
* Student Record
(will have name, address, phone, …)
* MovieClip Record
(will have length, width, rotation, alpha, …)
No Particular Physical Structure
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Common Ways to Structure Data
4. Tree ( in A.S.: objects + references to objects)
Example Trees :
* Company Management Hierarchy
* Family Tree
Physical Structure:
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Lists: One-dimensional Arrays
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names
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A list is a sequence of
items, in which each
item has a position
(i.e., an index)
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“Daniel”
“Aislinn”
“Zhixing”
“Anna”
“Ya-Hui”
“Praveena”
“Sumeira”
“Meghan”
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1D Array Object Declaration
Name of array
Type
Constructor method
var salaries: Array = new Array( );
salaries [ 0 ]
salaries [ 1 ]
salaries [ 2 ]
salaries
Note: The array is
variable-sized. It starts
with 0 elements.
salaries [ 3 ]
salaries [ 4 ]
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Array Assignment Statements
salaries [ 0 ]
salaries
7
salaries [ 1 ]
salaries [ 2 ]
salaries[0] = 7;
Name
of array
Index Value of
element
salaries [ 3 ]
salaries [ 4 ]
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Example Array Statements
base
var base: int = 30000;
30000
salaries [ 0 ]
salaries[ 2 ] = 45000;
salaries[ 5 ] = base;
salaries[ 6 ] = base + 6000;
salaries [ 1 ]
salaries [ 2 ]
salaries [ 3 ]
salaries [ 4 ]
salaries[ 2 ] = salaries[ 2 ] + 4000;
salaries [ 5 ]
trace( salaries [ 2 ] );
salaries [ 6 ]
Output: 49000
49000
30000
36000
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Array Constructor Shortcuts
var numList : Array = new Array( 33, 2, 91, 12, 8 );
OR
var numList : Array = [ 33, 2, 91, 12, 8 ];
numList[0]
33
numList[1]
2
numList[2]
91
numList[3]
12
numList[4]
8
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Tracing an Array
numList[0]
33
numList[1]
2
numList[2]
91
numList[3]
12
numList[4]
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trace(numList.toString( ));
Output: 33, 2, 91, 12, 8
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Array Objects have a Length Property
numList
numList[0]
33
numList[1]
2
numList[2]
91
numList[3]
12
numList[4]
8
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numList.length
trace(numList.length);
Output: 5
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Adding Elements to an Array
numList[0]
33
numList[0]
20
numList[1]
2
numList[1]
33
numList[2]
91
numList[2]
2
numList[3]
12
numList[3]
91
numList[4]
8
numList[4]
12
numList[5]
8
numList[6]
11
numList.push(11);
numList.unshift(20);
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Adding Elements to an Array
numList[0]
20
numList[0]
20
numList[1]
33
numList[1]
33
numList[2]
2
numList[2]
2
numList[3]
91
numList[3]
44
numList[4]
12
numList[4]
91
numList[5]
8
numList[5]
12
numList[6]
11
numList[6]
8
numList.splice(3, 0, 44);
numList[7]
11
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Removing Elements from an Array
var n1: int = numList.pop( );
var n2: int = numList.shift( );
// Now n1 = 11
// and n2 = 20
// and these elements are
// removed from numList
numList[0]
33
numList[1]
2
numList[2]
44
numList[3]
91
numList[4]
12
numList[5]
8
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Returning Elements from an Array
var list: Array
= numList.slice(3,5);
// Now list = 91, 12, 8
// but numList is not changed
numList[0]
33
numList[1]
2
numList[2]
44
numList[3]
91
numList[4]
12
numList[5]
8
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Random Numbers
The random( ) method in the Math class returns a
random value between 0 and .9999999999999999
Example:
var rand: Number = Math.random( );
trace( "rand = " + rand );
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Random Numbers
To obtain a random integer between 0 and 20,
multiply the result by 20 and then round the
result, using the round method, also in the Math
class.
Example:
var rand: Number = 20 * Math.random( );
rand = Math.round( rand );
trace( "rand = " + rand );
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