RE: [Flashcoders] How to get value of passed array element SOLVED!!!!

2005-11-01 Thread Miles Thompson 


Chris,

Thank you - that worked.

I also deserve a boot in the nether regions -- I've done loops where the 
array index
has been accessed by a variable scores of times. This time? Absolutely 
blind - convinced I had to

create the var, then evaluate the contents.

Again, thanks for removing the blinders.

Regards - Miles


At 09:18 AM 11/1/2005, you wrote:

Try this

Pass the number of the array reference then use...

function addStory(stryElement:Number):Void{
// assign contents of passed array element to text control.
txtNews.html = True;
txtNews.htmlText = _root.arrStorys[stryElement];
txtNews.refresh;
}

--

The quotation marks on your code below make a string

txtNews.text = "_root.arrStorys[" + stryElement + "]";




Chris Wilcox





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Subject: [Flashcoders] How to get value of passed array element


I have a text field of references, like so ...


BULLETIN:SPECULATION HOUNDS SEAMARK
 HEADLINES
OCTOBER 31, 2005
 FORBES
SEESFUTURE IN THE TUBE
 KEATING
SEESFUTURE IN WIRELESS INTERNET

and clicking on any of them triggers addStory(). If I click on "FORBES
SEES
..." the text area which is supposed to display the story,
displays this instead:

_root.arrStorys[2]

At least it's displaying something!! I really need the contents of the
array, however.

I know that asfunction passes the parameter as a string, how do I
convert
it so the contents of that array element display? In other words, so
that
it's a pointer rather than a label, to put it another way.

Here's what I have for the function:

function addStory(stryElement:Array):Void{
// assign contents of passed array element to text control.
txtNews.html = True;
txtNews.text = stryElement;
txtNews.refresh;
}

I also tried passing just the number of the desired array element,
assembling it like so:
txtNews.text = "_root.arrStorys[" + stryElement + "]";
but all it displayed was the name of the element, eg
_root.arrStorys[2],
not what that element contains.

String, Array and Object have all been tried for the type of
stryElement.

FoxPro had a macro command, so that you could, in a situation like this
where the name of the variable rather than its contents displays, force
the
contents, like so:   &stryElement.

Guidance and suggestions will be most welcome.

Thanks - Miles Thompson


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RE: [Flashcoders] How to get value of passed array element

2005-11-01 Thread Chris Wilcox 
Try this 

Pass the number of the array reference then use...

function addStory(stryElement:Number):Void{
// assign contents of passed array element to text control.
txtNews.html = True;
txtNews.htmlText = _root.arrStorys[stryElement];
txtNews.refresh;
}

--

The quotation marks on your code below make a string

txtNews.text = "_root.arrStorys[" + stryElement + "]";




Chris Wilcox



 
 
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-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Miles
Thompson
Sent: 31 October 2005 20:30
To: Flashcoders mailing list
Subject: [Flashcoders] How to get value of passed array element


I have a text field of references, like so ...

 
BULLETIN:SPECULATION HOUNDS SEAMARK
 HEADLINES 
OCTOBER 31, 2005
 FORBES
SEESFUTURE IN THE TUBE
 KEATING
SEESFUTURE IN WIRELESS INTERNET

and clicking on any of them triggers addStory(). If I click on "FORBES
SEES 
..." the text area which is supposed to display the story,
displays this instead:

 _root.arrStorys[2]

At least it's displaying something!! I really need the contents of the 
array, however.

I know that asfunction passes the parameter as a string, how do I
convert 
it so the contents of that array element display? In other words, so
that 
it's a pointer rather than a label, to put it another way.

Here's what I have for the function:

function addStory(stryElement:Array):Void{
// assign contents of passed array element to text control.
txtNews.html = True;
txtNews.text = stryElement;
txtNews.refresh;
}

I also tried passing just the number of the desired array element, 
assembling it like so:
txtNews.text = "_root.arrStorys[" + stryElement + "]";
but all it displayed was the name of the element, eg
_root.arrStorys[2], 
not what that element contains.

String, Array and Object have all been tried for the type of
stryElement.

FoxPro had a macro command, so that you could, in a situation like this 
where the name of the variable rather than its contents displays, force
the 
contents, like so:   &stryElement.

Guidance and suggestions will be most welcome.

Thanks - Miles Thompson


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[Flashcoders] How to get value of passed array element

2005-10-31 Thread Miles Thompson 


I have a text field of references, like so ...

 
BULLETIN:SPECULATION HOUNDS SEAMARK
 HEADLINES 
OCTOBER 31, 2005
 FORBES SEES/>FUTURE IN THE TUBE
 KEATING SEES/>FUTURE IN WIRELESS INTERNET


and clicking on any of them triggers addStory(). If I click on "FORBES SEES 
..." the text area which is supposed to display the story,

displays this instead:

 _root.arrStorys[2]

At least it's displaying something!! I really need the contents of the 
array, however.


I know that asfunction passes the parameter as a string, how do I convert 
it so the contents of that array element display? In other words, so that 
it's a pointer rather than a label, to put it another way.


Here's what I have for the function:

function addStory(stryElement:Array):Void{
// assign contents of passed array element to text control.
txtNews.html = True;
txtNews.text = stryElement;
txtNews.refresh;
}

I also tried passing just the number of the desired array element, 
assembling it like so:

txtNews.text = "_root.arrStorys[" + stryElement + "]";
but all it displayed was the name of the element, eg  _root.arrStorys[2], 
not what that element contains.


String, Array and Object have all been tried for the type of stryElement.

FoxPro had a macro command, so that you could, in a situation like this 
where the name of the variable rather than its contents displays, force the 
contents, like so:   &stryElement.


Guidance and suggestions will be most welcome.

Thanks - Miles Thompson


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