I think Jiri wants all clips, not all but one. You've repro'd the last one not showing up. Jiri, why are you shaving 1 off your numChildren? I'ts a count, not an index.
Try var childnum:int=this.numChildren; instead. -jonathan On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 8:20 PM, Anthony Pace <[email protected]>wrote: > While I really don't understand why you would want to do things this way, > but... > > I tested this code below, with several clips on the stage: > sq_1, sq_12, sq_122, sq_1222a, sq_1212_1212, sq_6dad_12, sq_6d_6d > > it worked fine and outputed the obvious results: > sq_1 > sq_12 > sq_122 > sq_1212_1212 > sq_6dad_12 > > var childnum:int=this.numChildren-1; > var pat:RegExp=/_[0-9]+$/; > var instance:DisplayObject; > while (childnum!=-1) { > instance = this.getChildAt(childnum); > > if (pat.test(instance.name)) { > trace(instance.name); > } > --childnum; > > } > > > On 3/18/2010 2:08 PM, Jiri wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> i would like some help, because I am confused. >> >> If have a Movieclip that holds several sprites some of them have instance >> names like so >> frame_<n> where n is a number. >> >> I then loop through every child of the MovieClip and test the instance >> name using regExp. >> >> var childs:int = clip.numChildren-1; >> var pat:RegExp = /_[0-9]+$/ig; >> >> while(childs >= 0){ >> var instance:DisplayObject = clip.getChildAt( childs ); >> >> if( pat.test(instance.name) ){ >> Logger.debug( "info box frame" , instance.name ); >> } >> childs-- >> } >> >> I have three movieclips called 'frame_0' , 'frame_1' and 'frame_2' for >> sure, but it when I run the above code, it only show 1 and 0?? >> >> Anybody has an idea? >> >> Jiri >> >> On 11/03/2010 22:16, Guest Services, City Concierge wrote: >> >>> We're looking for a coder to some small contract work >>> We're in Los Angeles >>> Should know action script very well, and be able to get the flash scripts >>> to >>> work in .asp and .php and use XML >>> Ask for Jefferson >>> 323-874-6610 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- -jonathan howe _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
