text fields in array

[lockgun]

i m trying to make a hangman style game.i have 33 dynamic text fields on my stage like this.

i have parsed all text fields row by row into 3 arrays.

i also parsed my 3 words into 3 arrays with split method so i can check later if the letter that the user picked exists.

in next frame when the game begins and the user picks a letter although i can check if the letter exist in my first word array i cant display it on current textfield on my stage.

i get the following error:ReferenceError: Error #1056: Cannot create property text on String.

i guess when i parsed the textfields in arrays they automatically got strings.And i cant do this for example:

firstwordarray is the array where i parsed my first word with split method.

letterchosentxt is the textfield where the user picks a letter.

firstarray is the array where i parsed the first row(11) of text fields.

for(var p:uint=0;p<firstwordarray.length;p++)

  {

       if(letterchosentxt.text==firstwordarray

)

       {

            firstarray

.text=letterchosentxt.text;

            break;

       }

  }

thanks in advance.

[moccamaximum]

just write

  firstarray

=letterchosentxt.text;

[lockgun]

I have done it..if I trace it is there but it doesn't display on screen.

[moccamaximum]

Make sure that you embed whatever font you are using in your dynamic textfields and that you use a small enough font that it will actually show something.

[lockgun]

The size of text fields is OK.the font size is OK.I have embed all the fonts I am using .the real problem i think is the error I get:cannot create property text on string.

[moccamaximum]

cannot create property text on string.

Make sure that you have a Array filled with TextFields not with Strings.

An easy method to grab all TextFields from your stage is sth like.

var textField_array:Array = [];

//loop through all DisplyObjects on stage and add them to an array if they are TextFields

for (var i:int = 0; i<stage.numChildren;i++){

if(getChildAt(i) is TextField){

  textField_array.push(getChildAt(i));

}

}

//later on you can then set the Text property the way you intend

textField_array[4].text = "A"

//etc.

[lockgun]

I will try it and I will tell you.if I assign the text fields one by one into an array is wrong? Like this:

first array[0]=letter1txt.text;

[moccamaximum · Accepted solution]

yes, because you are not assigning the textfields but only their text property (these are two different things)

however you could put a textfield named "textfield1" into an array

either with:

array.push(textfield1)

or with

array[0] = textfield1

its important to mention that putting a displayobject into an array doesn`t do anything visibly to the displayobject but only provides a method to easily reference it.

[lockgun]

Yes but if I do this

Firstarray[0]=textfield1;

When later in the same frame I want to display something in

Textfield1.text I cant do this

first array[0].text= letterchosen.text;

So firstarray [ ] has strings inside it.because of the error I get.

[moccamaximum]

Start a new fresh as3 file.

put a dynaimc TextField on stage and name it "tf1"

write:

tf1.text = "Hello"

compile it, it should show "Hello" if you properly embedded your fonts.

now

add the following:

var arr:Array = new Array();

arr.push(tf1);

arr[0].text = "World"

compile it, it should show "World" if you properly embedded your fonts.

now add the following:

var str:Array= new Array()

str.push(tf1.text);

trace(str[0])

//traces World

trace(str[0].text)

//throws Error #1056: Cannot create property text on String.

Hopefully that cleared things up for you

[lockgun]

ok i got it now.Thanks a lot for the help!