Properties and Methods of Custom 2D JavaScript Arrays

The constructor function is CustomArray(y,x). When it is called, y is the number of rows and x is the number of columns. At the end of this part, I will give you the complete code in a zip file.

The First Code Segment

As soon as the function is called, the following code is executed:

//Initial Processing

//form the row string

rowStr = "{"

for (j=0;j<y;j++)

{

if (j == 0)

rowStr += (j + ":" + "'" + undefined + "'");

else

rowStr += ("," + j + ":" + "'" + undefined + "'");

}

rowStr += "}";

This is the first code segment. It forms a string for the object initializer of the row. I explained this code in the previous part; I will not explain it again.

The next code segment is:

//form the rows

for (i=0;i<y;i++)

{

//form evaluation string

evalStr = "this[i] = " + rowStr + ";";

eval(evalStr);

}

This code segment forms the row properties of the object type (constructor function). Again, I explained this code in the previous part, and I will not explain it again.

The Height Property

The code segment that gives the height of the array is:

//The Array Object Type Properties

//the height property

this.height = y;

Giving the height of the array is simple. During construction of an array object, the y parameter is the number of rows, which we call the height. So we declare the word "height" here as a property of the object type with the expression, “this.height”; y is assigned to this property.