ActionScript 3.0 :: Specify Variable Type Via Text String?
Nov 27, 2009
i'm attempting to load data from XML and use this data as variable values. My problem is, loaded XML data is always a String, but sometimes I want to load other variable types.There are several boring solutions to this, such using typeof to determine the the datatype of a variable and then using a function and switch statement to convert the XML data to the appropriate data type. I'd love though if there's a sneaky 1 liner to do this using built in functions. Something like:var x:int = typeof(x)("123");Let me phrase the problem another way.Lets say we have this:
var x:int = new int;
var y:string = "123";
var z: othertype = "123"
im making a game and i have occured a problem.i have a hits text on the screen and every time a enemys bullet hits me it decrases by 1.and i wanna make that when it gets to 0 my ship explodes.
I have a dynamic text field on the stage, instance name contentLength. I get this error: 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type Number to an unrelated type String.
Code: import flash.display.*; import flash.events.*; import flash.text.TextField; var mcHolder:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); mcHolder.width = 200; contentLength.text = mcHolder.width;
I've created a textfield which I want to hold the time that is left of a flv being played. I also created a timer which will see to it that it gets updated.[code]However, when i try to compile i get this error message:"1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type Number to an unrelated type String.
var myPercStr = myStr.text; myPercStr= myPercStr.toString(); var myPerc = Number(myPercStr);
I am trying to get the value of a text field which is created by the user pushing a pin-pad. This text field is a string which is joined() from an Array of the sequence of pin-pad entries. Now my problem is that Flash will not convert the .text text field into a string with which I can use the value to convert to a Number and perform math on it.
I very new to AS. I'm getting an error with the below code: gotoAndPlay("scene2", 1); Error: 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type int to an unrelated type String. Go I want to do at this point is jump to 'scene2' when the time line hits a certain frame on scene1. Is this the correct way of doing it,
I am building little games never anything too big. I'm having fun. I'm getting the following error message 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an unrelated type flash.display:DisplayObject.
It's got to do with the varObject variable I pass into the hitTestObject (at the end of the code) a. I exported the moveclip for actionscript and gave it an instance name so what's the problem???
i have a algorithm from javascript i would like to use in AS3 but get an error:Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 81067: Implicit coercion of a value of type Number to an unrelated type String.
Code: var a = [34, 203, 3, 746, 200, 984, 198, 764, 9]; function mergeSort(arr) {
But I keep getting an "Error #2030: End of file was encountered." This is (probably) because the class I'm serializing is too big for the "String" object type in AS3. Is there a limitless object for storing an array of characters (or better yet binary), or am I going to have to make my own class? (like one with an array of strings)
I'm not familiar with XML text handling yet, but have to create one quiz quickly.I've decided to put feedback into different variables. e.g. fb1_1 for right anwer of question 1, fb1_2 for wrong answer of question 1.I thought to change a string to variable and put the text into a dynamic text "fb" would be something like this:[code]Also is it possible to put all text in one text field and extract a different line of text and put it to a dynamic text field? I tried to put the text into a variable, but it only shows level (level0) and instance name not the text itself. Anyway to get this way to work?
In my external .as file, I'm trying to say that "if my current frame has the frame label of "enterdone", then go to the frame with the label "enter". The movie clip is called _cedars, and all of my frame labels, variables, etc. are set up properly. Here is my code:
So i have an external text file organized like this:
/* $file: data.txt */ &title0=Sacrum &detail0=Detail text for Sacrum &title1=L5
[Code].....
There are 28 of these 'title' and 'detail' pairs. The 'title' text is to fill a dynamic text box and the 'detail' to fill another dynamic text box depending on which section the user is mousing over.
My issue is getting the text from the file stored into arrays. For my test loop I keep getting undefined as the stored value, and i know it has something to do with converting a string value to object..
var lv:LoadVars = new LoadVars(); lv.onLoad = handleDataLoad; lv.load('data.txt'); function handleDataLoad (success:Boolean) {
this is working fine, But I have to initialize the "point" object with a string variable which holds the initialization properties like:
[Code]...
I know this is not working. Is there any method to initialize the object with a string variable which holds the initialization properties (without parsing the text) ?
I have a String variable in my flex (flash builder 4) application containing CSV data. I need to allow the user to download this data to a local file. For example, giving them a "csv" button to click and it might present them with a save file dialog (and I would be sending the contents of my string variable).Is this possible / how ?I am using the ResuableFX component for the datagrid to csv. This the code I ended up with that works to save the string to a text file for the user (in a web browser):
var dg2CSV:DataGrid2CSV = new DataGrid2CSV(); dg2CSV.includeHeader=true; dg2CSV.target=adgEncounters;
Trying to replace a portion of a string with a "-" if it matches a string variable in AS3.
var re:RegExp = new RegExp(imageArray[j][1],"gi"); trace(imageArray[jTemp][2].replace(re,"-"));
imageArray[jTemp][2] is a string imageArray[j][1] is a string as well I'm not getting the result I expect. I would like trace above to return 'permanentContainer-' Here are the traces for the above variables
how you would target a function's local variable through a concatenated variable string.For example:
var txt = "Hello World"; function testing(msg) { var test1 = msg;[code].........
I'd expect the trace to be "Hello World" but rather is given "undefined". So if variables created outside functions are created on the main timeline, where are local function variables created and how would you access them?
i'm getting a value from a class that gives me e.g "icon1" as data. i want to use this within a function to control the visibility of an item nested in a movieclip on the stage. the nested movie has the same name as the data being sent.
// here's what i want it to do: mymenu.icon1.visible = true; // but i cant append the 2 together as flash will see it as a string not read it as path.
I have been banging my head against a brick wall regarding the following problem which must be very simple to fix, just can't see the answer.I have a class assigned to a movieclip called canvas. The class is called drawClass. I have called the instance of canvas on the stage 'drawingCanvas'.When I trace "drawingCanvas" I get object drawClass] which is fine. Tracing drawingCanvas.name gets me the instance name 'drawingCanvas'.This is a String variable.Basically what I am trying to do is pass the MovieClip name to another class. In my example the class 'toolBar', which can then interact with the MovieClip.
The problem is passing 'drawingCanvas.name' results in a String, so I get an error saying :TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert "canvasArea" to flash.display.MovieClip.I can't for love or money find a way to convert a String variable to a MovieClip variable! I have the name of the MovieClip, I just need to tell the toolbar class. But I can't find a way of doing this as the instance on stage is an object of drawingClass, not a MovieClip (unless MovieClips with attached classes are not treated as standard MovieClips?).
Error 1067: Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an unrelated type flash.text:TextField. stop( ); this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loading); function loading(e:Event): void { var total: Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesTotal; var loaded: Number = this.stage.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded; bar_mc.scaleX = loaded/total; loader_txt = Math.floor( (loaded/total)*100)+ "%"; if (total == loaded) { play(); this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loading); }}
I am having problems getting information that was calculated to display the results in a dynamic text box. It is pulling information from 3 separate boxes and making two calculations. It is then supposed to display the results in two separate dynamic text boxes.[code]The error message says "Implicit coercion of a value of type String to an unrelated type Number"
I have parsed the data from an xml doc to global vars in flash and need to use a few of them as numbers for things the position of "nodes" on the screen. However I can not cast the data stored as a var to a number or int value.
For example in the code below when the set Node button is pressed it traces the "Node's" current X value, then the value in the global var gotten from the xml, which contains the x position of where to place the Node.
Next it creates a new var of Number Type and assigns it the Number value of the string in global var. It then traces the new value of SNtopLeftX and sets the x pos of the Node's movie clip to the value of SNtopLeftX However the Node doesn't move and this is the output I get from the traces
Start Node is at x = -734.5 nod_topLeftX is 16 TopLeftX = 16 SN TopLeftX = NaN
I do not understand why I am getting NaN when the string of nod_topLefX is 16, any ideas?
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is my Code butNodeSet.onRelease = function() { trace ("Start Node is at x = " + mcStartNode._x); trace ("nod_topLeftX is " + nod_topLeftX);
