Question

I have a javascript that has custom indexes, I created them like so:

var rand = event.timeStamp; //jquery on click event object

freeze_array[rand] = month + ',' + model_name + ',' + activity;

To remove the above element I have this:

freeze_array.splice(rand, 1); 

But this does not remove the element as I can see it in my firebug dom object viewer. Here is an example of the array:

My indexes are in the form: 1283519490632 – too long to be an integer that is required by the splice method?

Thanks all for any help

Answer 1

As you mentioned, the index argument must be an integer. Maybe you can use an object that holds indices as follows:

var lastIndex=0; // that shall be global...
var pointer = {};

....

pointer[rand] = lastIndex;
++lastIndex;

Then use it as follows:

freeze_array = freeze_array.splice(pointer[rand], 1);