// If we have an array, we can define its type in TypeScript by using the notation type[].
let arrayType:string[] = [ 'hello', 'there' ]
// Similarly, an array of numbers could be defined like this:
let myNumbers:number[] = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ];
interface Movie {
title: string;
lengthMinutes: number;
}
// The array is typed using the Movie interface
var movies: Movie[] = [];
// Each item added to the array is checked for type compatibility
movies.push({
title: 'American History X',
lengthMinutes: 119,
production: 'USA' // example of structural typing
});
movies.push({
title: 'Sherlock Holmes',
lengthMinutes: 128,
});
movies.push({
title: 'Scent of a Woman',
lengthMinutes: 157
});
function compareMovieLengths(x: Movie, y: Movie) {
if (x.lengthMinutes > y.lengthMinutes) {
return -1;
}
if (x.lengthMinutes < y.lengthMinutes) {
return 1;
}
return 0;
}
// The array.sort method expects a comparer that accepts 2 Movies
var moviesOrderedLength = movies.sort(compareMovieLengths);
// Get the first element from the array, which is the longest
var longestMovie = moviesOrderedLength[0];
console.log(longestMovie.title); // Scent of a Woman