Andreas,
Just sight-reading the code rather than testing it - shouldn't there be a
=== or !== in there somewhere to make sure you're talking about _exactly_
the same object rather than one which just has the same value..?
Cheers,
Ian
On 1/23/06, Andreas Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> If you have a weakness for kludgy solutions, try the 'getObjNames'
> function
> below.
> Otherwise: don't 'forget' the names of the objects: store the name in the
> same object, as an additional property.
>
>
> // 'don't try this at home!'
>
> a = {someProp:'someValue'};
> b = {someProp:'someOtherValue'};
> c = a;
>
> arr = [a, b];
>
>
> // later, when we have 'forgotten' the names of the objects
>
> for(var i=0, len=arr.length; i<len; i++){
> trace(getObjNames(arr[i]) + ' - someProp: '+ arr[i].someProp);
>
> // Output: c,a - someProp: someValue
> // b - someProp: someOtherValue
>
> }
>
>
> // kludgy, poorly tested and a waste of processor cycles
> function getObjNames(o:Object, timeline:MovieClip){
> var names:Array;
> var o2 = arguments[1] ? arguments[1] : _level0;
> if(!names){names = []}
> for(var p in o2){
> if(typeof(o2[p]) == 'object'){
> if(o2[p] != o){
> getObjName(o, o2[p]);
> }else{
> names.push(p);
> }
> }
> }
> return names;
> }
>
> hth
> --------------
> Andreas Weber
> motiondraw.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sascha
> Balkau
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 2:03 PM
> To: flashcoders
> Subject: [Flashcoders] getting the name of an object
>
>
> hi,
>
> this might be obvious but how do I get the name of an object? If I got an
> object named fooObj how can I get Flash to for example trace out the name
> of
> the object, so that it traces "fooObj"? I know this works with movieclips
> but how about objects or arrays?
>
> Sascha
>
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