Code optimization

Question

I have four buttons. When you hover the mouse cursor over one of the buttons, an inscription appears in the text field, when the cursor goes beyond the button, the text disappears. The code looks very large, although parts of it are repeated. Is there any way to reduce (optimize) this code? My main project uses more than 50 buttons (That's a lot of code!)  function OUT(e: MouseEvent): void {
	Text field.text = "";
}

function text1(e: MouseEvent): void {
	Text field.text = "hello";
}
button_1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, text1);
button_1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, OUT);

function text2(e: MouseEvent): void {
	Text field.text = "how are you doing";
}

button_2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, text2);
button_2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, OUT);

function text3(e: MouseEvent): void {
	Text field.text = "WHERE DO YOU WORK?";
}

button_3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, text3);
button_3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, OUT);

function text4(e: MouseEvent): void {
	Text field.text = "goodbye";
}
button_4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, text4);
button_4.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, OUT);

Colin Holgate · Accepted Answer

This code assumes the output field is named Textfield, and that your buttons are named button_1 to button_50. The 'message' array would have the 50 sets of texts you want:

stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, text);
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, OUT);

function text(e: MouseEvent): void {
	var messages = ["hello","how are you doing","WHERE DO YOU WORK?","goodbye"]
	var btnnumber = e.target.name.split("_")[1]
	if(btnnumber) Textfield.text = messages[btnnumber-1];
}

function OUT(e: MouseEvent): void {
	Textfield.text = "";
}

kglad · Answer

// just edit textA to add those 50 strings and the code will still work without changing anything else.

var textA:Array = ["hello","how are you doing","where do you work","goodbye"];

for(var i:int=0;i<textA.length;i++){

this["button_"+(i+1)].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, overF);

this["button_"+(i+1)].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, outF);

this["button_"+(i+1)].ivar = i;

}

function overF(e:MouseEvent):void{

Textfield.text=textA[e.currentTarget.ivar];

}

function outF(e: MouseEvent): void {
Text field.text = "";
}

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