Simple count up timer won't stop.

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Hi,I made a simple count up timer, it is working just fine but I would like to have the %-sign next to the numbers so it would look as a preorder. But as I add "%" sign to the function, the counting never stops (at 100% any more), and continues counting.What am I missing??var count:Number = 1;var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(10);myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown);myTimer.start();function countdown(event:TimerEvent):void{//myText_txt.text = String((count)+myTimer.currentCount);myText_txt.text = String((count)+myTimer.currentCount)+"%";if (uint(myText_txt.text) >= 100) {        myTimer.removeEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown);    }}Thanks!

Ned Murphy · Accepted Answer

You should learn to use the trace() function to see why things don't work as expected. The "%" makes converting it to a uint not what you expect. Trace uint(myText_txt.text) and you will see why comparing the uint value of a non-numeric string to a number isn't going to work. Try the following instead...

var count:Number = 1;
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(10);

myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown);

myTimer.start();

function countdown(event:TimerEvent):void{

myText_txt.text = String((count)+myTimer.currentCount)+"%";

   if (uint(String((count)+myTimer.currentCount)) >= 100) {
        myTimer.removeEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown);
    }

}

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