Re: FLASH: array trouble

[Helen Triolo]

RuupY,


You could make this easier with a text file with these contents:


  soundpress=12034,13501,etc


and then after you do LoadVariables on the text file (and make sure the

variable has loaded by adding a 2-frame loop to cycle until soundpress

ne ""), you'll have a string variable named soundpress, which you can

turn into an array with:


  aSounds = soundpress.split(",");


To reference an element of the array, you'd just use

aSounds[thiselement] (which will be something like 13501).  Does that

give you what you need?


Regards,

Helen 

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Ruben Mafura wrote:

> 

> ...the txt-file contains the following (and much more of it):

> 

> soundpress0=12034&soundpress2=13501&soundpress3=.......etc.etc(up to

> soundpress899).

> 

> I just need the values of the variables, not the variablenames.

> 

> About your suggestion...

> Can you give an example of "putting the strings into the array reference

> them directly from the array"?

> 

> GreetZ

> RuupY

> 

> (PS 'De mensen, de oplossingen',...it's Dutch, it stand for 'The people, the

> solutions'. My boss thought of that one,...next year a number of small Flash

> projects will be comming this way and (curious as i am) i'm sort of peeking

> into this Flash-world. Right now, composing music and graphical design is my

> thing. Perhaps that Flash will join these fields of interest. The things

> i've seen so fare, build in Flash look very promising.)

> 

> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Helen Triolo [designeri-technica [dot] com (mailto:designeri-technica [dot] com)]

> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 3:25 PM

>

To: flasherchinwag [dot] com

> Subject: Re: FLASH: array trouble

> 

> Not quite clear here.  Yes, a loop is a good idea for putting things in

> an array, and an array is a good idea if you have 900 things with

> similar names!  But do you want the array to contain both variable names

> and strings?  Can't you just put the strings into the array and

> reference them from the array directly?  Also, what's the content of

> your text file?  Hard to answer (from my point of view, anyway) without

> knowing more.

> 

> (PS  What's "De mensen, de oplossingen"?)

> 

> Regards,

> Helen

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> 

> Ruben Mafura wrote:

> >

> > >From a novice in Flash, a question concerning arrays.

> >

> > Can anybody help me out with directly filling an array with values from an

> > external txt?

> >

> > 1) a 'loadvariable' to place the variables with their values inside a

> > movieclip

> > 2) create an array

> > 2) I've got about 900 values to place in the array so i thought a loop

> would

> > be smart thing to use. Point is that i can't get the loop to work. The

> name

> > of the variable from which i want to place the value in the array needs to

> > be comprised from 2 parts:

> >

> > a part that doesn't change and a number that increases (up to 899).

> >

> > e.g.     "SoundPress" + 899       to form variable-name 'SoundPress899'

> > which contains a value

> > "SoundPress" + 899   will form a string and not a name of a variable.

> That's

> > where my problem resides.

> >

> > I hope i've explained my problem in clear way and i hope evne more that

> > someone can help me out.

> >

> > Regards.

> > RuupY

> >

> > Pecoma  ICT-groep * De mensen, de oplossingen *  http://www.pecoma.nl


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