there is probably a cleaner way to do thisn using recursion but this will do what you ask for i think
you could find solutions buy doign a google search for serialize
package
{
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class Main5 extends Sprite
{
public function Main5()
{
var array:Array = new Array(["SMTH", 1, 2, 3], ["ANTH", 0, 0, 0, [4, 5, 6]], ["ZZZ", 8]);
trace("array: " + array);
var string:String = convertToString(array);
trace("string: " + string);
var array2:Array = convertToArray(string);
trace("array2: " + array2);
}
private function convertToString(array:Array):String
{
var output:String = "";
for (var i:int = 0; i < array.length; i++)
{
var level1Items:Array = array[i] as Array;
for (var j:int = 0; j < level1Items.length; j++)
{
var level1Item:* = level1Items[j];
if (level1Item is Array)
{
for (var k:int = 0; k < level1Item.length; k++)
{
output += level1Item[k];
if (k < level1Item.length -1)
{
output += ","
}
}
}
else
{
output += level1Item;
if (j < level1Items.length - 1)
{
output += "|";
}
}
}
if (i < array.length - 1)
{
output += "&";
}
}
return output;
}
private function convertToArray(string:String):Array
{
var output:Array = new Array();
var level1Items:Array = string.split("&");
for (var i:int = 0; i < level1Items.length; i++)
{
output[i] = new Array();
var level1Item:String = level1Items[i];
var level2Items:Array = level1Item.split("|");
for (var j:int = 0; j < level2Items.length; j++)
{
var level2Item:String = level2Items[j];
if (level2Item.indexOf(",") > -1)
{
output[i][j] = new Array();
var level3Items:Array = level2Item.split(",");
for (var k:int = 0; k < level3Items.length; k++)
{
output[i][j][k] = level3Items[k];
}
}
else
{
output[i][j] = level2Item;
}
}
}
return output;
}
}
}
I've also tried to separate array Items not only by square brackets.
