数组有四种定义的方式
使用构造函数:
var a = new Array();
var b = new Array(8);
var c = new Array(“first”, “second”, “third”);
或者数组直接量:
var d = [“first”, “second”, “third”];
属性
Array只有一个属性,就是length,length表示的是数组所占内存空间的数目,而不仅仅是数组中元素的个数,在刚才定义的数组中,b.length的值为8
<script>
var a = new Array("first", "second", "third")
a[48] = "12"
document.write(a.length)
//显示的结果是49
</script>
数组的length属性是可写的,这是一个非常有意思的属性,我们可以通过这种方法来截取数组
<script>
var a = new Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
var b = a.splice(2) //a为[1, 2] b为[3, 4, 5]
var c = new Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
var d = c.splice(2,2) //c为[1, 2, 5] d为[3, 4]
var e = new Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
var f = f.splice(-4,2) //e为[1, 4, 5] f为[2, 3]
var g = new Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
var h = g.splice(-2,-2) //第二个参数表示长度,因此负数在此无效
var i = new Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
var j = i.splice(2,2,"first","second","third") //i为[1, 2, "first", "second", "third", 5] j为[3, 4] 后面部分会自动前后移动,以保持数组的连续性
var k = new Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
var l = k.splice(2,2,["first","second"],"third") //k为[1, 2, ["first", "second"], "third", 5] l为[3, 4] splice()方法不会展开数组,只直接写入
</script>