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I have an object that gets properties added in this sequence.

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When I loop through the object they don’t come out in that sequence. How do I get them to come out in this order.

data is the object

for (var i:String in data)
{
    trace(i + ": " + data[i]);
}

Is there a way to sort it maybe?

Answer 1

The only way to sort the order that you can access properties is manually. Here is a function I have created for you to do just that:

function getSortedPairs(object:Object):Array
{
    var sorted:Array = [];

    for(var i:String in object)
    {
        sorted.push({ key: i, value: object[i] });
    }

    sorted.sortOn("key");

    return sorted;
}

Trial:

var test:Object = { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3, d: 4, e: 5 };
var sorted:Array = getSortedPairs(test);

for each(var i:Object in sorted)
{
    trace(i.key, i.value);
}