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mixedherbs
mixedherbs
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February 27, 2013
Question

define variables in

  • February 27, 2013
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Hi guys,

A really simple question probably 🙂

I'm using Flash MX 2004 Pro , AS2

There is a name variable which will be taken from an input text field.

Trying to use "for" to take the lenght of the name and store every

letter in a variable. All this within the "for".

letter0=J

letter1=o

letter2=n

etc.

the script:

thename = "Jonathan";

for (i=0; i<thename.length; i++) {

          "letter"+i = thename.charAt(i);

}

Gives me an error at compiling:

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:Line 4: Identifier expected

               var "letter"+i = thename.charAt(i);

Total ActionScript Errors: 1            Reported Errors: 1

How could I do this?

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Nabren
Nabren
Inspiring
February 27, 2013

You can use an object:

var letterObject:Object = new Object();

thename = "Jonathan";

for (i=0; i<thename.length; i++) {

  letterObject["letter"+i] = thename.charAt(i);

}

You can then access it later by letterObject.letter0 or letterObject["letter0"] (the latter is better for iterations because you can't go letterObject.letter<variableName> expecting it to replace the number for you)

EDIT:

You can also use the this object:

thename = "Jonathan";

for (i=0; i<thename.length; i++) {

  this["letter"+i] = thename.charAt(i);

}

then you would just access by this.letter0 or this["letter0"] or just by plain old letter0

mixedherbs
mixedherbsAuthor
Participating Frequently
February 27, 2013

Thank you Nabren, success!!!

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