ActionScript 3.0 :: Looping A Function Indefinitely Through Each Array Value
Jun 4, 2010
I am trying to loop my function through my array values continuously. I'm only able to get it to loop through one array value as intended. The long term goal here is the create a grid of movie clips that continuously change colors in random order (from preselected values). I'm new to actionscript and I have been racking my brain trying to figure this out. I'm unsure of how to send the function to all items in the array, and loop them all continuously, yet with random color patterns for each.
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ActionScript Code:
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Just getting up to speed on looping and incrementing variables. A real time saver.I have a onRelease function that I would like to apply to several button objects:
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phase1a.but[n].onRelease = function() {
p=[n+1];[code].......
I get a good trace on n showing that the incrementing is successful but nothing on p when the button is clicked and no execution of the function thisImage(). Not getting any errors either. Can you not loop an onRelease statement?
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