How do you create a multi dimensional array in Javascript using a for loop ?
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Have you tried anything? – talnicolas Dec 08 '11 at 07:28
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var sDataArray = MultiDimensionalArray(2, 2);
function MultiDimensionalArray(iRows, iCols) {
var i;
var j;
var table = new Array(iRows);
for (i = 0; i < iRows; i++) {
table[i] = new Array(iCols);
for (j = 0; j < iCols; j++) {
table[i][j] = "";
}
}
return (table);
}

Void Ray
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It looks like this function won't work when initializing arrays with more than 2 dimensions. – Anderson Green Jul 20 '13 at 19:52
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var arr = [];
for(var i = 0;i<100;++i){
arr[i] = [];
for(var j = 0; j < 100; ++j){
arr[i][j] = i*j;
}
}

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Its an array of arrays.
var arr = [
[0,1,2],
[3,4,5],
[
['a','b','c']
]
];

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