forked from: Comparison Array.concat() with the trick using Function.apply() and Array.push()

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package {
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.utils.getTimer;
	import flash.text.TextField;
	import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
	import flash.text.TextFormat;
	import flash.text.TextFormatAlign;
	[SWF(width = "240",height = "180")]
	public class ArrayConcatenation extends Sprite {
		private const COUNT_TRIAL:uint = 1000;
		private const COUNT_SOURCE:uint = 10000;
		private const COUNT_ADDITION:uint = 100;
		private var addition_array:Array = createArray(COUNT_ADDITION);
		private var started:uint;
		private var my_txt:TextField = new TextField();
		private var label_txt:TextField = new TextField();
		private var my_fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
		public function ArrayConcatenation() {
			// Creating a TextField for display
			createTextField();
			// Starting test
			apply_push();
			use_concat();
			apply_push();
			use_concat();
			apply_push();
			use_concat();
			apply_push();
			use_concat();
		}
		private function apply_push():void {
			var nLength:uint = COUNT_TRIAL;
			var _array:Array = getArrays(COUNT_TRIAL);
			started = getTimer();
			for (var i:uint = 0; i < nLength; i++) {
				var my_array:Array = _array[i];
				my_array.push.apply(my_array, addition_array);
			}
			xTrace(getTimer() - started);
		}
		private function use_concat():void {
			var nLength:uint = COUNT_TRIAL;
			var _array:Array = getArrays(COUNT_TRIAL);
			started = getTimer();
			for (var i:uint = 0; i < nLength; i++) {
				var my_array:Array = _array[i];
				my_array = my_array.concat(addition_array);
			}
			xTrace(getTimer() - started);
		}
		private function getArrays(n:uint):Array {
			var _array:Array = [];
			for (var i:uint = 0; i < n; i++) {
				_array[i] = createArray(COUNT_SOURCE);
			}
			return _array;
		}
		private function createArray(n:uint):Array {
			var _array:Array = [];
			for (var i:uint = 0; i < n; i++) {
				_array[i] = i;
			}
			return _array;
		}
		private function createTextField():void {
			addChild(my_txt);
			addChild(label_txt);
			my_txt.x +=  30;
			my_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.RIGHT;
			my_fmt.align = TextFormatAlign.RIGHT;
			my_txt.defaultTextFormat = my_fmt;
			label_txt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
			label_txt.text = "";
			label_txt.appendText("apply() and push():\n");
			label_txt.appendText("concat():\n");
			label_txt.appendText("apply() and push():\n");
			label_txt.appendText("concat():\n");
			label_txt.appendText("apply() and push():\n");
			label_txt.appendText("concat():\n");
			label_txt.appendText("apply() and push():\n");
			label_txt.appendText("concat():\n");
		}
		private function xTrace(n:int):void {
			my_txt.appendText(String(n) + "\n");
		}
	}
}