Actionscript 3- Vector to Array

There’s currently no way to convert a Vector to an Array (or ArrayCollection), so here’s a simple util that’ll do it. Accepts any type within the Vector, so the parameter is just an Object, then we convert it back to a vector before the Array conversion. Phew.

public static function VectorToArray( v:Object ):Array
{
    var vec : Vector. = Vector.(v);
    var arr : Array = new Array()
    for each( var i : Object in vec ) {
        arr.push(i);
    }
    return arr;
}


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    		    		Daniel Bunte Says:    		    		
    

    		February 17th, 2010 at 4:54 pm 

    		
    Hi there!
    
Just found this post. Am I allowed to clean and speed it up a bit?
    

    public static function VectorToArray( v:Object ):Array
    
{
    
    var vec : Vector. = v as Vector.,
    
        arr : Array = [];
    
    for each( var i : Object in vec )
    
    {
    
        arr[arr.length] = i;
    
    }
    
    return arr;
    
}
    

    Cheers,
    
 Daniel
    

    PostScriptum: Note this: fast instanceiation(I think the word is wrong, but you know what I mean :) ) is like
    
new ['here', 'it', 'is'];
    

    
    		
    		
    		    		
    
                            
    
                		
    		
    
    		
    
		
    
	
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    		    		Daniel Bunte Says:    		    		
    

    		February 17th, 2010 at 4:57 pm 

    		
    well, it ate the angle brackets… < sorry about that
    

    
    		
    		
    		    		
    
                            
    
                		
    		
    
    		
    
		
    
	
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