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Supported Clients
SmartClient WebClient NGClient MobileClient

Property Summary
Object [index] Get an element by index.
Number length Get the length of the array.

Methods Summary
Array concat(value1) Returns a new array comprised of this array joined with other array(s) and/or value(s).
Array concat(value1, value2) Returns a new array comprised of this array joined with other array(s) and/or value(s).
Array concat(value1, value2, valueN) Returns a new array comprised of this array joined with other array(s) and/or value(s).
Boolean every(callback) Runs a function on items in the array while that function is returning true.
Boolean every(callback, thisObject) Runs a function on items in the array while that function is returning true.
Array filter(callback) Runs a function on every item in the array and returns an array of all items for which the function returns true.
Array filter(callback, thisObject) Runs a function on every item in the array and returns an array of all items for which the function returns true.
Object find(callback) Returns the value of the first element in the provided array that satisfies the provided testing function.
Number findIndex(callback) Returns the index of the first element in the provided array which satisfies the provided testing function.
void forEach(callback) Runs a function (callback) on every item in the array.
void forEach(callback, thisObject) Runs a function (callback) on every item in the array.
Number indexOf(searchElement) Returns the first index at which a given element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present.
Number indexOf(searchElement, fromIndex) Returns the first index at which a given element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present.
Boolean isArray(obj) Checks whether an object is an array or not.
String join(delimiter) Puts all elements in the array into a string, separating each element with the specified delimiter
Number lastIndexOf(searchElement) Returns the last index at which a given element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present.
Number lastIndexOf(searchElement, fromIndex) Returns the last index at which a given element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present.
Array map(callback) Runs a function on every item in the array and returns the results in an array.
Array map(callback, thisObject) Runs a function on every item in the array and returns the results in an array.
Object pop() Pops the last string off the array and returns it.
Number push(value1) Mutates an array by appending the given elements and returning the new length of the array.
Number push(value1, value2) Mutates an array by appending the given elements and returning the new length of the array.
Number push(value1, value2, valueN) Mutates an array by appending the given elements and returning the new length of the array.
Object reduce(f, initialValue) Reduces the array to a single value by executing a provided function for each value of the array (from left-to-right).
Array reverse() Puts array elements in reverse order.
Object shift() Decreases array element size by one by shifting the first element off the array and returning it.
Array slice(begin) The slice method creates a new array from a selected section of an array.
Array slice(begin, end) The slice method creates a new array from a selected section of an array.
Boolean some(callback) Runs a function on items in the array while that function returns false.
Boolean some(callback, thisObject) Runs a function on items in the array while that function returns false.
Array sort() Sorts the array elements in dictionary order or using a compare function passed to the method.
Array sort(function) Sorts the array elements in dictionary order or using a compare function passed to the method.
Array splice(arrayIndex, length) It is used to take elements out of an array and replace them with those specified.
Array splice(arrayIndex, length, value1) It is used to take elements out of an array and replace them with those specified.
Array splice(arrayIndex, length, value1, value2) It is used to take elements out of an array and replace them with those specified.
Array splice(arrayIndex, length, value1, value2, valueN) It is used to take elements out of an array and replace them with those specified.
Number unshift(value1, value2, valueN) Places element data at the start of an array.

Property Details

[index]

Get an element by index.

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

array[0]

length

Get the length of the array.

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

array.length

Methods Details

concat(value1)

Returns a new array comprised of this array joined with other array(s) and/or value(s).

Parameters

Object value1 ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

array.concat();

concat(value1, value2)

Returns a new array comprised of this array joined with other array(s) and/or value(s).

Parameters

Object value1 ;
Object value2 ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

array.concat();

concat(value1, value2, valueN)

Returns a new array comprised of this array joined with other array(s) and/or value(s).

Parameters

Object value1 ;
Object value2 ;
Object valueN ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

array.concat();

every(callback)

Runs a function on items in the array while that function is returning true. It returns true if the function returns true for every item it could visit.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Function callback ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

function isNumber(value) { return typeof value == 'number'; }
var a1 = [1, 2, 3];
application.output(a1.every(isNumber));
var a2 = [1, '2', 3]; 
application.output(a2.every(isNumber));

every(callback, thisObject)

Runs a function on items in the array while that function is returning true. It returns true if the function returns true for every item it could visit.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Function callback ;
Array thisObject ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

function isNumber(value) { return typeof value == 'number'; }
var a1 = [1, 2, 3];
application.output(a1.every(isNumber));
var a2 = [1, '2', 3]; 
application.output(a2.every(isNumber));

filter(callback)

Runs a function on every item in the array and returns an array of all items for which the function returns true.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Function callback ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var a1 = ['a', 10, 'b', 20, 'c', 30];
var a2 = a1.filter(function(item) { return typeof item == 'number'; });
application.output(a2);

filter(callback, thisObject)

Runs a function on every item in the array and returns an array of all items for which the function returns true.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Function callback ;
Array thisObject ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var a1 = ['a', 10, 'b', 20, 'c', 30];
var a2 = a1.filter(function(item) { return typeof item == 'number'; });
application.output(a2);

find(callback)

Returns the value of the first element in the provided array that satisfies the provided testing function.
 If no values satisfy the testing function, undefined is returned.
 The callback function can invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index(optional), the array being traversed (optional).

Parameters

Function callback a testing function

Returns

Object the element which satisfies the function or undefined

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var array1 = [5, 12, 8, 130, 44];
 var found = array1.find(function(element) { return element > 10});
 application.output(found); // prints 12

findIndex(callback)

Returns the index of the first element in the provided array which satisfies the provided testing function.
 If no values satisfy the testing function, -1 is returned.
 The callback function can invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index (optional), the array being traversed (optional).

Parameters

Function callback a testing function

Returns

Number the index of the first element which satisfies the function or -1

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var array1 = [5, 12, 8, 130, 44];
 var found = array1.findIndex(function(element) { return element > 10});
 application.output(found); // prints 1

forEach(callback)

Runs a function (callback) on every item in the array. The callback function is invoked only for indexes of the array which have assigned values.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Function callback ;

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

function printThemOut(element, index, array) {
		application.output("a[" + index + "] = " + element);
}
var a = ['a', 'b', 'c'];	
a.forEach(printThemOut);

forEach(callback, thisObject)

Runs a function (callback) on every item in the array. The callback function is invoked only for indexes of the array which have assigned values.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Function callback ;
Object thisObject ;

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

function printThemOut(element, index, array) {
		application.output("a[" + index + "] = " + element);
}
var a = ['a', 'b', 'c'];	
a.forEach(printThemOut);

indexOf(searchElement)

Returns the first index at which a given element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present.

Parameters

Object searchElement ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var a = ['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a'];
application.output(a.indexOf('b'));
application.output(a.indexOf('b', 2));
application.output(a.indexOf('z'));

indexOf(searchElement, fromIndex)

Returns the first index at which a given element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present.

Parameters

Object searchElement ;
Number fromIndex ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var a = ['a', 'b', 'a', 'b', 'a'];
application.output(a.indexOf('b'));
application.output(a.indexOf('b', 2));
application.output(a.indexOf('z'));

isArray(obj)

Checks whether an object is an array or not.

Parameters

Object obj ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var a = [1, 2, 3];
application.output(Array.isArray(a)); //prints true
application.output(Array.isArray(23)); //prints false

join(delimiter)

Puts all elements in the array into a string, separating each element with the specified delimiter

Parameters

String delimiter ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
var jwords = words.join(";");

lastIndexOf(searchElement)

Returns the last index at which a given element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present. The array is searched backwards, starting at fromIndex.

Parameters

Object searchElement ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'a', 'b'];
application.output(a.lastIndexOf('b'));
application.output(a.lastIndexOf('b', 4));
application.output(a.lastIndexOf('z'));

lastIndexOf(searchElement, fromIndex)

Returns the last index at which a given element can be found in the array, or -1 if it is not present. The array is searched backwards, starting at fromIndex.

Parameters

Object searchElement ;
Number fromIndex ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var a = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'a', 'b'];
application.output(a.lastIndexOf('b'));
application.output(a.lastIndexOf('b', 4));
application.output(a.lastIndexOf('z'));

map(callback)

Runs a function on every item in the array and returns the results in an array.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Object callback ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var a = ['a', 'b', 'c'];	
var a2 = a.map(function(item) { return item.toUpperCase(); });	
application.output(a2);

map(callback, thisObject)

Runs a function on every item in the array and returns the results in an array.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Object callback ;
Array thisObject ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var a = ['a', 'b', 'c'];	
var a2 = a.map(function(item) { return item.toUpperCase(); });	
application.output(a2);

pop()

Pops the last string off the array and returns it.

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
var lastword = words.pop();

push(value1)

Mutates an array by appending the given elements and returning the new length of the array.

Parameters

Object value1 ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete");
words.push("In","Out");

push(value1, value2)

Mutates an array by appending the given elements and returning the new length of the array.

Parameters

Object value1 ;
Object value2 ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete");
words.push("In","Out");

push(value1, value2, valueN)

Mutates an array by appending the given elements and returning the new length of the array.

Parameters

Object value1 ;
Object value2 ;
Object valueN ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete");
words.push("In","Out");

reduce(f, initialValue)

Reduces the array to a single value by executing a provided function for each value of the array (from left-to-right).

Parameters

Function f Function to execute on each element in the array, taking four arguments: -accumulator: accumulates the callback's return values; it is the accumulated value previously returned in the last invocation of the callback, or initialValue, if supplied (see below). -currentValue: the current element being processed in the array. -currentIndex (Optional): the index of the current element being processed in the array (starts at index 0, if an initialValue is provided, and at index 1 otherwise) -array (Optional): the array reduce() was called upon.
Object initialValue Value to use as the first argument to the first call of the callback. If no initial value is supplied, the first element in the array will be used.

Returns

Object Object

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var euros = [29.76, 41.85, 46.5];
var sum = euros.reduce( function(total, amount) {
  return total + amount
});

reverse()

Puts array elements in reverse order.

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
words.reverse();

shift()

Decreases array element size by one by shifting the first element off the array and returning it.

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
words.shift();

slice(begin)

The slice method creates a new array from a selected section of an array.

Parameters

Object begin ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
var nwords1 = words.slice(3, 5);

slice(begin, end)

The slice method creates a new array from a selected section of an array.

Parameters

Object begin ;
Object end ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
var nwords1 = words.slice(3, 5);

some(callback)

Runs a function on items in the array while that function returns false. It returns true if the function returns true for any item it could visit.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Function callback ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

function isNumber(value) { return typeof value == 'number'; }  
var a1 = [1, 2, 3];    
application.output(a1.some(isNumber)); 
var a2 = [1, '2', 3];  
application.output(a2.some(isNumber));

some(callback, thisObject)

Runs a function on items in the array while that function returns false. It returns true if the function returns true for any item it could visit.
The callback function is invoked with three arguments: the element value, the element index, the array being traversed.

Parameters

Function callback ;
Array thisObject ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

function isNumber(value) { return typeof value == 'number'; }  
var a1 = [1, 2, 3];    
application.output(a1.some(isNumber)); 
var a2 = [1, '2', 3];  
application.output(a2.some(isNumber));

sort()

Sorts the array elements in dictionary order or using a compare function passed to the method.

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
words.sort();

sort(function)

Sorts the array elements in dictionary order or using a compare function passed to the method.

Parameters

Function function ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
words.sort();

splice(arrayIndex, length)

It is used to take elements out of an array and replace them with those specified.

Parameters

Object arrayIndex ;
Object length ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
var nwords1 = words.splice(3, 2, "done", "On");

splice(arrayIndex, length, value1)

It is used to take elements out of an array and replace them with those specified.

Parameters

Object arrayIndex ;
Object length ;
Object value1 ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
var nwords1 = words.splice(3, 2, "done", "On");

splice(arrayIndex, length, value1, value2)

It is used to take elements out of an array and replace them with those specified.

Parameters

Object arrayIndex ;
Object length ;
Object value1 ;
Object value2 ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
var nwords1 = words.splice(3, 2, "done", "On");

splice(arrayIndex, length, value1, value2, valueN)

It is used to take elements out of an array and replace them with those specified.

Parameters

Object arrayIndex ;
Object length ;
Object value1 ;
Object value2 ;
Object valueN ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("limit","lines","finish","complete","In","Out");
var nwords1 = words.splice(3, 2, "done", "On");

unshift(value1, value2, valueN)

Places element data at the start of an array.

Parameters

Object value1 ;
Object value2 ;
Object valueN ;

Returns

Supported Clients

SmartClient,WebClient,NGClient,MobileClient

Sample

var words = new Array("finish","complete","In","Out");
words.unshift("limit","lines");

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