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AndyPx
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November 9, 2022
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How to optimize this in AS3

  • November 9, 2022
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Good afternoon!

I've been learning AS3 for a couple of small projects I've been working on.

Could use some help with two "quick" questions:

 

1st-

How can I assign EventListeners to several buttons at once?
Example:

I have several buttons (called bt_01, bt_02, and so on)... Instead of writing 20 lines of code for the 20 buttons telling them which function to call, can I do this recursively once?

 

2nd-

How can I assign a function, depending on the name of the button itself?

Example:

If a button is called bt_01, I want it to call function_01

If it's called bt_02, then I want it to call function_02

And so on...

 

I'm sure this is basic programing for most, but I'm kinda confused on how to apply it.

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      kglad
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      kgladCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 9, 2022

      for(var i:int=1;i<so_on;i++){

      this["bt"+padF(i)].addEventListener("MouseEvent.CLICK,f);

      }

      function f(e:MouseEvent):void{

      var s:String = e.currentTarget.name.split("bt_")[1];

      this["f_"+s]();

      }

       

      function padF(n:int):int{

      if(n<10){

      return +"0"+n; 

      } else {

      return n;

      }

      }

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