Just so there is no confusion... that is not the only change you would have to make. When you do the getChildAt call you'll need to adjust by one for the index at that time.
I could see why Jiri would have to do this technique if he was handed a bunch of Stage-authored content from another party and had to access it somehow. -jonathan On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:34 AM, jonathan howe <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > -- -jonathan howe _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
