--- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You fixed: > > if(!numThings[i].selected){ // > > correct? > > numThings is an int, you need the array there. > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of fumeng5 > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Looking for the right loop > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Tracy Spratt" <tspratt@> wrote: > > > > I think this line: > > > > if(!numThings[i].selected){ // > > > > should be: > > > > if(!things[i].selected){ // > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ] On > > Behalf Of Doug McCune > > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 12:11 PM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [flexcoders] Looking for the right loop > > > > > > > > There's nothing wrong with your code. You can also use a for each loop > > instead, which might be a bit faster, but doesn't give you elements in > > any kind of order. > > > > But you could try this for each loop: > > > > for each(var thing:Object in things) { > > > > if(thing.selected == false) { > > > > //whatever > > > > } > > > > } > > > > Just note that using a for loop from 0 to the number of items will > give > > you those items in order, but a for each loop will give you them in > > non-sequential order. > > > > Doug > > > > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:57 AM, fumeng5 <fumeng5@ > > <mailto:fumeng5@> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm confused on how to best create a loop to do the following: > > discover if each element's "selected" property is set to false. > > Basically, I just want to detect when all elements of my array have a > > "selected" property set to false. > > > > Here's my code: > > var numThings:int = things.length; > > > > for (var i:int=0;i<numThings;i++){ > > if(!numThings[i].selected){ // > > } > > } > > > > I know I'm not using the correct loop, I just can't figure out how to > > better approach this problem. Any tips are very much appreciated. > > Thank you. > > > > Fumeng. > > > Thank you for your quick responses. I've decided to add another var to > my code and it's working just fine now: > > var thingsNotSelected:int = 0; > var numThings:int = things.length; > > for (var i:int=0;i<numThings;i++){ > if(!numThings[i].selected){ > thingsNotSelected++; > } > } > if(thingsNotSelected == numThings){ > // I know everything inside the array is not selected. > } > > Thank you again for your help. > > Fumeng. > correct. nice catch.
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