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A simple function to create two-dimensional arrays

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Submitted on: 1/8/2002 3:29:15 PM
By: Jason Butera 
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 5 Users
Compatibility: JavaScript
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     A lot of people have posts on Google asking how to create multidimensional arrays in Javascript. This function is easy to call and will create both one and two dimensional arrays. Please vote if you find that this code saves you time in your array coding. Thanks!
 
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' Name: A simple function to create two-dimensional arrays
' Description:A lot of people have posts on Google asking how to create multidimensional arrays in Javascript. This function is easy to call and will create both one and two dimensional arrays. Please vote if you find that this code saves you time in your array coding. Thanks!
' By: Jason Butera
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' Inputs:First Argument: The first dimension of the array
Second Argument (Optional): The second dimension of the array
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' Returns:An array object with the specified dimensions.
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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function CreateArray(dim1) {
	if (CreateArray.arguments.length == 1) {
		return new Array(dim1);
	} else {
		var multiArray = new Array(dim1)
		for (var i = 0; i < dim1; i++) {
			multiArray[i] = new Array(CreateArray.arguments[1]);
		}
		return multiArray;
	}
}
//Create a one-dimensional array
var myArray = CreateArray(5);
//Create a two-dimensional array
var myArray = CreateArray(5,2);
//Looping through the two-dimensional array
for (var i = 0; i <= myArray.length-1; i++) {
	for (var j = 0; j < myArray[i].length; j++) {
		// alert(myArray[i][j]);
	}
}
</SCRIPT>


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1/12/2008 7:59:23 AMMajd

Hi,Pleas
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