whole_func_string: function(iterable, start, end){
              if (!iterable || !iterable.length) {
                  return [];
              }
  
              if (typeof iterable === 'string') {
                  iterable = iterable.split('');
              }
  
              if (supportsSliceOnNodeList) {
                  return slice.call(iterable, start || 0, end || iterable.length);
              }
  
              var array = [],
                  i;
  
              start = start || 0;
              end = end ? ((end < 0) ? iterable.length + end : end) : iterable.length;
  
              for (i = start; i < end; i++) {
                  array.push(iterable[i]);
              }
  
              return array;
          }
func_code_string: function(iterable, start, end){
              if (!iterable || !iterable.length) {
                  return [];
              }
  
              if (typeof iterable === 'string') {
                  iterable = iterable.split('');
              }
  
              if (supportsSliceOnNodeList) {
                  return slice.call(iterable, start || 0, end || iterable.length);
              }
  
              var array = [],
                  i;
  
              start = start || 0;
              end = end ? ((end < 0) ? iterable.length + end : end) : iterable.length;
  
              for (i = start; i < end; i++) {
                  array.push(iterable[i]);
              }
  
              return array;
          }
func_documentation_string: Converts any iterable (numeric indices and a length property) into a true array.
  
  function test() {
  var args = Ext.Array.toArray(arguments),
  fromSecondToLastArgs = Ext.Array.toArray(arguments, 1);
  
  alert(args.join(' '));
  alert(fromSecondToLastArgs.join(' '));
  }
  
  test('just', 'testing', 'here'); // alerts 'just testing here';
  // alerts 'testing here';
  
  Ext.Array.toArray(document.getElementsByTagName('div')); // will convert the NodeList into an array
  Ext.Array.toArray('splitted'); // returns ['s', 'p', 'l', 'i', 't', 't', 'e', 'd']
  Ext.Array.toArray('splitted', 0, 3); // returns ['s', 'p', 'l']
  
  {@link Ext#toArray Ext.toArray} is alias for {@link Ext.Array#toArray Ext.Array.toArray}
  
  @param {Object} iterable the iterable object to be turned into a true Array.
  @param {Number} start (Optional) a zero-based index that specifies the start of extraction. Defaults to 0
  @param {Number} end (Optional) a 1-based index that specifies the end of extraction. Defaults to the last
  index of the iterable value
  @return {Array} array