Referring to multiple objects in Arrays

[Guest]

I'm experimenting with a q/a application in Flash. Textfield is showing a question. Another inputfield is below for answering. When answering with text, an unformulated sentence can be correct, but not according to what the code expects. In that case I want to write down many different versions of the answer. Questions arrive from an Array. Another Array tells the answer.

For example

var questions:Array = new Array;

questions[0] =  ("How many cars");

answer:Array = new Array;

answer[0] = ("one", "1", "One", "ONE")

The case:

In a function where an if statement is waiting for the inputfield to have the correct answer, how does one write the code?

Example:

(...) function submit (MouseEvent) {

          if      (inputField == ?) {}

          else  {trace("wrong")}

     }

Posted via phone, my computer with the actual code doesn't have internet... Should have uploaded the code I know...

[Amy Blankenship · Accepted solution]

Maybe what you're looking for is

if (answers[currentQuestionNum].indexOf(inputField.text) > -1) {

     //something

} else {

     trace('wrong');

}

[Guest]

It worked! Thank you so much!

I didn't quite understand the "< -1" part though. What difference does it make?

[Amy Blankenship]

You're checking to see if the answer is at any index in the array that contains the admissible answers for that question. Note that it seems like the "make a link in text" functionality is currently broken in the forums, so pretend the word "checking" above links to this Array - Adobe ActionScript® 3 (AS3 ) API Reference

[Guest]

I understand, thanks!!