Re: [flexcoders] How to copy or clone Dictionary?

[Scott Melby]

Fixing a couple of typos :)

static public funciton cloneDictionary(oldDictionary:Dictionary, 
weakKeys:Boolean = false):Dictionary
{
  var newDictionary:Dictionary = new Dictionary(weakKeys);

  for(var key:Object in oldDictionary)
  {
      new.put(key, oldDictionary[key]);
  }

  return newDictionary;
}


Scott

Scott Melby
Founder, Fast Lane Software LLC
http://www.fastlanesw.com
http://blog.fastlanesw.com



Scott Melby wrote:

How about the following?  Haven't tried it, but it seems it would work...

static public funciton cloneDictionary(oldDictionary:Dictionary, weakKeys:Boolean = false):Dictionary

{
   var new:Dictionary = new Dictionary(weakKeys);

for(var key:Object in oldDictionary)

   {
       new.put(key, oldDiciontary[key]);
   }

   return new;
}

hth
Scott

Scott Melby
Founder, Fast Lane Software LLC
http://www.fastlanesw.com
http://blog.fastlanesw.com



lytvynyuk wrote:

Because

var temp:Dictionary = new Dictionary();
// put something in Dictionary
var new:Dictionary = ObjectUtil.copy(temp) as Dictionary;

doesn't work;