$A方法: Accepts an array-like collection (anything with numeric indices) and returns its equivalent as an actual Array object. This method is a convenience alias of Array.from, but is the preferred way of casting to an Array.
function $A(iterable) { if (!iterable) return []; if ('toArray' in Object(iterable)) return iterable.toArray(); var length = iterable.length || 0, results = new Array(length); while (length--) results[length] = iterable[length]; return results; }
如果传进来的参数为null, undefined and false 则直接返回空数组 如果传进来的参数对象里有toArray方法,这直接调用参数的toArray方法,因为有许多Prototype对象里面已经定义好了toArray方法,所以可以直接调用toArray方法 例如:
/*The well-known DOM method document.getElementsByTagName() doesn't return an Array, but a NodeList object that implements the basic array "interface." Internet Explorer does not allow us to extend Enumerable onto NodeList.prototype, so instead we cast the returned NodeList to an Array:*/ var paras = $A(document.getElementsByTagName('p')); paras.each(Element.hide); $(paras.last()).show();