DataGrid.getColumnIndex()

Availability

Flash Player 6 (6.0.79.0).

Edition

Flash MX Professional 2004.

Usage

myDataGrid.getColumnIndex(columnName)

Parameters

columnName A string that is the name of a column.

Returns

A number that specifies the index of the column.

Description

Method; returns the index of the column specified by the columnName parameter.

Example

The following example displays the index number of the "score" column. With a DataGrid instance named my_dg on the Stage, paste the following code in the first frame of the main timeline:

my_dg.setSize(150, 100);

// Set up sample data.
var myDP_array:Array = new Array();
myDP_array.push({name:"Clark", score:3135});
myDP_array.push({name:"Bruce", score:403});
myDP_array.push({name:"Peter", score:25});

my_dg.dataProvider = myDP_array;

var column_num:Number = my_dg.getColumnIndex("score");
trace("Column that has name of 'score': " + column_num);