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James Newton[JMN-EFP-786] Code:

<PRE>//The following demonstration code was very instructive to me:

var a = new Array();
a[&quot;zero&quot;]=0;
a.one=1;
a[0]=&quot;zero&quot;;
a[1]=&quot;one&quot;;

document.write(&quot;&lt;PRE&gt;&quot;);

for (i in a) {  
   document.write(&quot;&lt;BR&gt;a[&quot;+i+&quot;]=&quot;+a[i].toString().split('&lt;').join('&amp;lt;'));
   }
/* produces:
a[toSourceCode]=function(hier,lv,forObj){
		var out,tabs='',idre=/^[a-z_][a-z0-9_]*$/i;
		if (!lv) lv=0;
		if (hier) tabs=Math.pow(10,lv).toString().substr(1).replace(/0/g,&quot;\t&quot;);
		if (this.constructor==Array){
			out=(forObj?'':tabs)+'['+(hier?'\n':'');
			for (var i=0,len=this.length;i&lt;len;i++) out+=((this[i]!=null)?this[i].toSourceCode(hier,lv+1):'null')+(i&lt;(len-1)?',':'')+(hier?'\n':'');
			return out+tabs+']';
		}else if(this.constructor==Object){
			out=(forObj?'':tabs)+'{'+(hier?'\n':'');
			for (var key in this) if (key!='toSourceCode') out+=tabs+(hier?'\t':'')+(idre.test(key)?key:(&quot;'&quot;+key+&quot;'&quot;))+&quot;:&quot;+(this[key]==null?'null':this[key].toSourceCode(hier,lv+1,true))+&quot;,&quot;+(hier?'\n':'');
			out=out.replace(/,(\n?)$/,'$1');
			return out+tabs+'}';
		}else if(this.constructor==String) return (forObj?'':tabs)+&quot;'&quot;+this+&quot;'&quot;;
		else if(this.constructor==Date) return (forObj?'':tabs)+&quot;new Date(&quot;+this.valueOf()+&quot;)&quot;;
		//else if(this.constructor==RegExp) return (forObj?'':tabs)+this.toString().replace(/([^\\])((?:\\\\)*)\/(?=.*\/)/g,'$1$2\\/');
		else return (forObj?'':tabs)+this.toString();
	}
a[zero]=0
a[one]=1
a[0]=zero
a[1]=one
*/

document.write(&quot;&lt;P&gt;a.length=&quot;+a.length)
//Produces: a.length=2

for (i = 0; i &lt; a.length; i++) {
   document.write(&quot;&lt;BR&gt;a[&quot;+i+&quot;]=&quot;+a[i]);
   }
/* Produces: 
a[0]=zero
a[1]=one
*/

document.write(&quot;&lt;P&gt;&quot;+a.join(&quot;,&quot;)+&quot;&lt;/PRE&gt;&quot;)
// Produces: zero,one
</PRE>