For Loop Isn't Running Correctly

Question

I have some code for an RPG battle system where, when the menu's attack button is pressed, the code goes through all the stages children, determines which are linked to the class Enemy, and then adds an event listener to each one.
function targetParse():void{
  for(var i:uint = 0; i < stage.numChildren; i++){
       var enemy:Object = stage.getChildAt(i);
       trace('enemy identified')
       if(enemy is Enemy){
       trace('its an enemy')
       enemy.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, arrowControl);
       trace('listener added')
       }
       else{}
  }
}
All these trace statements are for debugging. It gets to 'enemy identified' but doesn't seem to be running the if statement.I think it's probably my syntax.

mcdermitt · Accepted Answer

It spits out 4, two enemies, 1 menu, and one arrow.

It also spits out 'keep parsing' which is one of the trace statements under the else statement in targetParse()

So it's detecting two things, an enemy and the menu or the arrow, and doing the right thing about them. It seems like once the code runs once, it breaks the for loop.

I got it now.

function targetParse():void{

menu.alpha = 0.5

menu.attackBtn.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playerTurn);

for(var i:uint = 0; i < numChildren; i++){

var enemy:Object = getChildAt(i);

if(enemy is Enemy){

enemy.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, arrowControl);

trace('enemy' + i);

}

}

}

The enemy variable had to be redefined every time, it used to be above the for loop. It works like a charm now.

dmennenoh · Answer

Get rid of stage. in both places. So code is now:

function targetParse():void{

for(var i:uint = 0; i < numChildren; i++){

var enemy:Object = getChildAt(i);

trace('enemy identified')

if(enemy is Enemy){

trace('its an enemy')

enemy.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, arrowControl);

trace('listener added')

}

else{}

}

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