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10 times faster String.split()-function

//about 10 times faster String.split()-function
String.prototype.split = function(str)
{
        if(str.length>1)return this.OldSplit(str);
        if (str == "" || str == null) return this.toCharArray();
        var result = new Array();
        var d = this.length;
        var n = 0;
        var tmpStr = "";
        var ch;
        while(n<d)
        {
                ch = substring(this ,++n, 1);
                if(ch==str)
                {
                        result.push(tmpStr);
                        tmpStr="";
                } else{
                        tmpStr += ch;
                }
        }
        result.push(tmpStr);
        return result;
}
st.toCharArray = function()
{
        var st = this;
        var arr_result = new Array();
        for (var s=0;s < st.length;s++)
        {
                arr_result.push(substring(this, s+1, 1));
        }
        return arr_result;
}

// and with big numeric arrays I have used this:

String.prototype.split = function(str)
{
        var result = new Array();
        var d = this.length;
        var n = 0;
        var tmpStr = "";
        var ch;
        while(n<d)
        {
                ch = substring(this ,++n, 1);
                if(ch==str)
                {
                        result.push(Number(tmpStr));
                        tmpStr="";
                } else{
                        tmpStr += ch;
                }
        }
        result.push(Number(tmpStr));
        return result;
}

Posted by: Lauri Koutaniemi | website http://www.minikarting.com/en/

alphanumeric password validation

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{
        
        var alphaCount=0
        var numCount=0
        var num_valid="123456789"
        var text2 = my_text1.text.toLowerCase()
        
        
        for (var i=0; i<text2.length; i++) {
                if (num_valid.indexOf(text2.charAt(i)) < 0) {
                        numCount++
                }
        }
        if(numCount==text2.length){
                trace("Your password contains only characters. Please enter an alphanumeric password");
                //upassID.focus();
                return false;
        }
        
        var alph_valid="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
        
        for (var i=0; i<text2.length; i++) {
                if (alph_valid.indexOf(text2.charAt(i)) < 0) {
                        alphaCount++
                }
        }
        if(alphaCount==text2.length){
                trace("Your password contains only numbers. Please enter an alphanumeric password" );
                //upassID.focus();
                return false;
        }
        trace("Neeraj");
        return true;
        
}

Posted by: Neeraj Shrivastava | website http://www.tatainfotech.com

arithmetic string parser

/************
/* String arithmetic parsing function - abeall.com
/* takes a string like "1.5+(500-2)/7+((25+3)*.2)" and does the arithmetic
/*  - it works with proper respect to parentheses
/*  - it will also parse variables, ex. "2*_root.myvar"
/*  - ignores white space, including line breaks
/* returns: Number
/************/
_global.arithmeticParser = function(str){
        if(typeof str!='string')return str;
        //ignore white space
        str = str.split(' ').join('').split('\n').join('').split('\r').join('');
        //parse any variables to values
        str = parseVariables(str);
        
        //CORE ALGORITHM///////////////////////////////////
        //create nested arithmetic array based on parenthesis
        //ex: 1.5+(500-2)/7+((25+3)*.2) => ['1.5','+',['500','-','2'],'/','7','+',[['25','+','3'],'*','.2']]
        var arithArr = [];
        var currStr = "";
        var arrayScope = [arithArr];
        for(var i=0 ; i<str.length ; i++){
                var char = str.charAt(i);
                var currArr = arrayScope[arrayScope.length-1];
                if(char=="("){
                        if(currStr!="")combineArray(currArr,currArr.length,arithStrToArray(currStr.split("(").join('')));
                        currStr = "";
                        arrayScope.push(currArr[currArr.length]=new Array());
                }else if(char==")"){
                        combineArray(currArr,currArr.length,arithStrToArray(currStr.split(")").join('')));
                        currStr = "";
                        arrayScope.pop();
                }else{
                        currStr = currStr + char;
                }
        }
        combineArray(currArr,currArr.length,arithStrToArray(currStr));
        //dump(arithArr);
        str = arrayArithmetic(arithArr);
        return str;
        
        //FUNCTIONS////////////////////////////////////////
        //performs arithmetic() to 3D arrays from deepest array to the top array
        function arrayArithmetic(ar){
                for(var i in ar){
                        if(typeof ar[i]=='object'){
                                ar[i] = arrayArithmetic(ar[i]);
                        }
                }
                return arithmetic(ar);
        }
        
        //splices all elements in the Array 'insertArr' into the Array 'ar' at 'index'
        function combineArray(ar,index,insertArr){
                for(var i in insertArr){
                        ar.splice(index,0,insertArr[i]);
                }
        }
        
        //converts arithmetic string to an array
        //ex: 7+2/8-12 => ['7','+','2','/','8','-','12']
        function arithStrToArray(arithStr){
                var ar = [];
                var currStr = "";
                for(var i=0 ; i<arithStr.length ; i++){
                        var char = arithStr.charAt(i);
                        if(char=="/" || char=="*" || char=="-" || char=="+"){
                                if(currStr!="")ar.push(currStr);
                                ar.push(char);
                                currStr = "";
                        }else{
                                currStr = currStr+String(char);
                        }
                }
                if(currStr!="")ar.push(currStr);
                return ar;
        }
        
        //performs the four basic arithmetic operations to an array
        function arithmetic(ar){
                for(var i=0 ; i<ar.length ; i++){
                        if(ar[i]=="/"){
                                var n = Number(ar[i-1]) / Number(ar[i+1]); //perform operation
                                ar.splice(i-1,3,n); //splice out the [number,operation,number] subarray and replace with the answer number
                                i-=1; //since the array length has been modified(spliced) the operation must back up to get all further operations
                        }
                }
                for(var i=0 ; i<ar.length ; i++){
                        if(ar[i]=="*"){
                                var n = Number(ar[i-1]) * Number(ar[i+1]);
                                ar.splice(i-1,3,n);
                                i-=1;
                        }
                }
                for(var i=0 ; i<ar.length ; i++){
                        if(ar[i]=="-"){
                                var n = Number(ar[i-1]) - Number(ar[i+1]);
                                ar.splice(i-1,3,n);
                                i-=1;
                        }
                }
                for(var i=0 ; i<ar.length ; i++){
                        if(ar[i]=="+"){
                                var n = Number(ar[i-1]) + Number(ar[i+1]);
                                ar.splice(i-1,3,n);
                                i-=1;
                        }
                }
                return ar[0]; //the array should be down to one element: the answer
        }
        
        //replace variable references in str with actual variable values
        function parseVariables(str){
                var currStr = "";
                var parsingObject = false;
                var recursions = 0;
                for(var i=0 ; i<str.length ; i++){
                        var c = str.charAt(i);
                        //break on numbers *only* if not already parsing object to respect vars with numbers in the name
                        //and on '.' only when not parsing an object to respect decimals vs. object paths
                        var n = parsingObject ? true : (isNaN(c) && c!=".") ;
                        if(n && c!="/" && c!="*" && c!="-" && c!="+" && c!="(" && c!=")" && c!=" "){ //if not on breaking char
                                if(!parsingObject)parsingObject = true;
                                currStr = currStr+String(c); //add to string
                        }else if(parsingObject){ //if hit breaking char and currently parsing object
                                str = str.split(currStr).join(String(eval(currStr))); //replace object string with value
                                i -= currStr.length; //since the string length has changed, must back up
                                parsingObject = false;
                                currStr = "";
                        }
                }
                if(currStr!="")str = str.split(currStr).join(String(eval(currStr))); //add last var if needed
                return str;
        }
}

//show multi dimensional objects/arrays with indented children
function dump(obj,indent){
        if(!indent)indent="";
        for(var i=0 ; i<obj.length ; i++){
                if(typeof obj[i] == 'object'){
                        dump(obj[i],indent+"  ");
                }else{
                        trace(indent+i+":"+obj[i]);
                }
        }
}

//example
blah = 53;
woo = 12;
wha = 12;
this.createEmptyMovieClip("pluh",1).arg = 100;
myString = "(7.123 + 2 / (_root.blah + _level0.woo) * wha)* pluh.arg";
trace(myString+" = "+arithmeticParser(myString));
trace((7.123 + 2 / (_root.blah + _level0.woo) * wha)* pluh.arg ); //check math

Posted by: Aaron Beall | website http://abeall.com

Bad-word filter

// Function filters the wanted words ourt of the text
// http://flash.andihaas.de
String.prototype.changer = function(fil) {
        var a = this;
        var i, r, b;
        for (i in fil) {
                b = "xxx";
                for (r=0; r<fil[i].length; r++) {
                        a = a.split(fil[i]).join(b);
                }
        }
        t = a.indexOf("x");
        t == -1 ? trace("no hits") : trace("results !!");
        return a;
};
word = ["badguy", "bastard", "goofy"];
x = "goofy was in town an met the badgy  gringo. he wa s a real bastard";
trace(x.changer(word));

Posted by: andi haas | website http://www.andihaas.de

brightness

//nifty dynamic hexadecimal color brightness algorithm, values range from -100% (black) to 100% (white), just like setting the brightness properties of a movieClip
function brightness(color_str, ratio) {
        var hex;
        for (i=0; i<3; i++) { //loop to slice the rgb values
                hex = parseInt(color_str.slice(i*2, i*2+2), 16); //slicing the rgb values and parse to decimal values
                ratio>0 ? hex += Math.ceil((255-hex)/100*ratio) : hex=Math.ceil(hex/100*(100+ratio)); //calculation pending on minus or plus
                if (hex<16) {// add a zero for single digit values
                        color_str += "0";
                }
                color_str += hex.toString(16); // parse to hexadecimal
        }
        return (color_str.slice(6)); //return the new value
}
trace(brightness("0080ff", -100));//fade to 100% black returns '000000'
trace(brightness("0080ff", 100)); //fade to 100% white returns 'ffffff'

Posted by: Folko Langner | website http://www.advance-media.com


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