ActionScript 2.0 Language Reference - Adobe Help and Support

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Returns
Object - The first element in an array.
Example
The following code creates the array myPets_array and then removes the first element from
the array and assigns it to the variable shifted:
var myPets_array:Array = new Array("cat", "dog", "bird", "fish");
var shifted:Object = myPets_array.shift();
trace(shifted); // Displays "cat".
trace(myPets_array); // Displays dog,bird,fish.
See also
pop (Array.pop method), push (Array.push method), unshift (Array.unshift
method)
slice (Array.slice method)
public slice([startIndex:Number], [endIndex:Number]) : Array
Returns a new array that consists of a range of elements from the original array, without
modifying the original array. The returned array includes the startIndex element and all
elements up to, but not including, the endIndex element.
If you don't pass any parameters, a duplicate of the original array is created.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Player 5
Parameters
startIndex:Number [optional] - A number specifying the index of the starting point for the
slice. If start is a negative number, the starting point begins at the end of the array, where -1
is the last element.
endIndex:Number [optional] - A number specifying the index of the ending point for the
slice. If you omit this parameter, the slice includes all elements from the starting point to the
end of the array. If end is a negative number, the ending point is specified from the end of the
array, where -1 is the last element.
Returns
Array - An array that consists of a range of elements from the original array.
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