ActionScript 3.0 :: Removing Things From Arrays?

Apr 29, 2010

After solving my previous problem I have encountered another.Basically I have 3 things moving around in it and when they hit other items they have different reactions to different numbers.hen the number 5s hit the number 2 I want them to be changed into a number 0. I have tried a few things including removeChild but I get an error that its not referenced.

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const MAP_WIDTH = 16
const MAP_HEIGHT = 11

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