I want to search an array to see if it contains a specific string, and then get the index of the result. For example, if I had:
array[0] = "dogs";
array[1] = "cats";
array[2] = "oranges";
I want to be able to search for "oran" and get 2 back.
To save people from reading too much, this is the "abbreviated" version, while the next post will contain the "full version" in it's original glory. Here is the deal. I have a "User" class with 4 properties, all Strings. I want to store those instances inside of a "UserList" class. The UserList class has several properties to sort through and find users. Now, at least the "getUserByPrefix" and "getUserByNickname" require to retrieve values very quickly, so (I'm guessing) that options like this are not a good idea:
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Is there a way to search for a piece of actionscript code inside the whole of the fla? I have a project with multiple library movieClips that contain actionscript and I was wondering if its possible to search the whole fla for a specific as3 piece of code?
View 5 RepliesIs it possible to sort dynamically? I have random String messages that I am working with like the one posted below and I want to search for ":" and sort the date that comes after it. Is this possible? what is the best way to go about dealing with something like this? The messages are always going to have a ":" followed by a date in the format seen below. This Junk message contains random words lala and numbers 58493: October 06, 2011, 6:00 PM
View 3 Repliesloading in xml in as3 (I followed the excellent Kirupa example [URL] and so far so good.
I now want to check if a certain string is present in a particular node and if so run a certain action. For example:
say my xml has a node like so:
<fruit>
<apples>
<item>Customer likes Granny Smith, Winesap and Fuji apples</item>
</apples >
</fruit>
How can I check if a string is present in a node eg
nodeVal = displayData.fruit.apples[i];
if(nodeVal == "Granny Smith"){
//perform certain action here
}
I have one global array, and I am pushing other arrays (which contain strings) in it.
[GOLD, SILVER, BRONCE]
[BLUE, RED, GREY, ORANGE, PURPLE]
[JUICE, BEER, WATER, MILK, COFFEE]
[MERC, BMW, SUBARU, MITSUBISHI, TOYOTA]
Lets say I have these 4 arrays, and I push them into global array in that order.
Example 1:
if I have string "MILK", I need to search the global array and what I want is to pull out last array (with cars) because "MILK" is contained in third array (going from the beggining).
Example 2:
if I choose "ORANGE" I want to pull out last 2 arrays (drinks and cars).
Example 3:
if I choose string from the last array ("MERC") nothing is pulled out. And by pull out I mean just get to it.
I'd like to build a cipher in AS2, and I was wondering if there's any way for me to search a string for a specific letter/word?
Example:
someTextBox.text = "Lorem ipsum";
Can I search inside of that string for an "m" and then subsequently alter that letter?
I'm trying to find if a text field with text seperated by commas contains certain text.
if (myText.text == "three") {
trace("true"); //if myTxt.text is "three"
} else {
trace("false"); //if myTxt.text is "one, two, three"
}
Is there a way to find in the above example, if "three" is contained within the text field?
I am converting a number to string
var myResult : Number = 12.6789345
var myString : String ;
myString = String (myResult);
I am trying to search . (decimal point)
if ( myString.search("."){
}
But I am unable to get Result or unable to find " DOT ".
I'm just fooling around making an inventory system and I was wondering if there is a way to work out the next available index in an array without pushing the item into the array.So for instance
var array:Array = new Array();
array[0] = new Object();
array[1] = new Object();
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Is it possible to return the index of the first instance of a specified value within an array? Similar to:
Code:
var my_string = "string";
var index = my_string.indexOf("g");
/*Outputs:
1
*/
Basically, I have two arrays, each with 10 values (in slots 0-9 of the arrays). So I need to see if an array has a specified value in it, but then I have to see if the other array has a certain value in it, in the same spot as the first instance of what I search for in the first array.
I have an associative array.
Actionscript Code:
myArray = {car:"Ford",type:"Mustang"},{car:"Chevy",type:"Camaro"});
Now if I wanted to add data to the indexes how would I do it?
For instance I now want to add years 1985,and 2000 to the index 0 and 1.
i want to create a function that compares 2 arrays and returns indexes of items found. if for examples my arrays are:
var distances:Array = new Array (0,275,217,385,275,0,251);
var selectedDist:Array = new Array (217,275,251);
i would like it to return 2,4,6
Say I had this array[code]...
This adds five new instances of the Thing class through the main timeline. In the Actionscript code for the Thing class I want to be able to reference the index of the given instance for identification purposes.
All I have in the fla is this code
Code:
stop();
var t; var f;
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I use this code to convert an image to a BitmapData and store a JPG in a ByteArray.
import com.adobe.images.JPGEncoder;
var jpgSource:BitmapData = new BitmapData (img_mc.width, img_mc.height);
jpgSource.draw(img_mc);
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Now, I want to do the following:
1. send the ByteArray to PHP;
2. PHP must store a physical image_id.jpg on server;
3. then PHP must return the URL of the image to Flash;
The first lines of PHP could be:
if (isset($GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"]))
{
// get bytearray
$jpg = $GLOBALS["HTTP_RAW_POST_DATA"];
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I'm writing a game with Flash CS5/AS 3.0 that tries to simulate depth of field by drawing all the relevant Movie Clips based on their Y position in ascending order, i.e. things lower on the stage overlap things higher on the stage. A MovieClip with a Y position of 10 would therefore need to have a lower index compared to a MovieClip with a Y position of 20, so the second one gets drawn on top of the first.
I wrote a quick and dirty function just to test this. During the trace, I've noticed that the truck's index hits 0 when I go near the top of the stage, but if I go too far up it will completely disappear from the stage. Trace then starts generating this error:
ArgumentError: Error #2025: The supplied DisplayObject must be a child of the caller.
at flash.display::DisplayObjectContainer/getChildIndex()
at EICT::Game/ReorganizeDisplayIndexes()
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I have encountered strange problem. I have created simple Flash text field control and I wanted to compare its content with some other string. This comparison in triggered when user is pressing the button.In Action Script 2.0 code I noticed that a caret return character () was added at the end of the string coming from the input text field.It is easy to overcome the problem obviously, however I would like to understand what is going on. I use Flash CS4 with AS 2.0.
View 1 RepliesI have an array with names. All I need is to add new names, but in the beggining of the array instead in the end. How do i do that?
View 1 RepliesI need to insert string in another string in specific index.
var str1:String = "A";
var str2:String = "LoremIpsum";
I need str2 to be "LoremAIpsum", insert str1 in index 5 in str2.
I'm using flash CS4 and actionscript 2.0. I have a situation where I need to locate and check the date of an external file (either .exe or .swf) and return that date string to a variable in flash. I then need to display that date to a piece of dynamic text within the flash file. Is there a function within action script that will check and retrieve the file date of an external file.
View 4 Repliesjust a simple example:
var a = new Array()
a["apple"] = "red"
a["orange"] = "orange"
a["banana"] = "yellow"
trace(a.length) //returns 0
get it work?
So, for sending to individual streams we have to reference the connected netStream we want to send to in some way like this:
sendStream.peerStreams[0].send("MyFunction",param1,param2);
and I have to determine which peer I'm sending to by their ID such as "peerID1234"
I know that you can check the peerID of the stream by doing:
sendStream.peerStreams[0]["farID"]
how can I make my send stream function know to use the array index where the peerID is?
so basically it could be like:
sendStream.peerStreams[where peerStreams[]["farID"] == peerID].send("MyFunction",param1,param2);
I'm trying to develop a Flex Mobile / PHP application, and I'm running into some trouble with the AsyncToken... Does it not just return a basic string?
For example... I'm wanting to just return a simple string result from my request - right now, it's going to return a basic output string from the method that's implemented. The backend part works (PHP), I've done all of that... It's this that's giving me some problems:
import mx.rpc.AsyncResponder;
import mx.rpc.events.FaultEvent;
import mx.rpc.events.ResultEvent;
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I have a question about return..example:
Code: var date: Date = new Date(); trace (date)//Thu Oct 8 23:05:51 GMT-0300 2009 How i can get a String return by a Class? The default return with a normal Class is ([object Date])... Constructor can`t return values... how i can make that? :p
I need to take a string and convert it to a bytearray. such that the return is of type ByteArray. I thought writeUTFBytes(String) would work cept that returns type Void.Im not seeing anything in the docs about returning a bytearray
View 4 RepliesIs there anyway to include a function or overrite something in a class that'll output a custom string when the object is called as a string?
So for example if I created a class named "myClass" and I instantiated it:
Code:
var myObject : myClass = new myClass();
When I:
Code:
TextControl.text = "blah blah, " + myObject;
myObject is getting casted as a string. Normally it would output:
"blah blah, [object myClass]"
Is there a built-in function that recast the object as string? Is there anyway for me to change that string output? I know I can just make a public toString() method in the class or something, but just wondering if there was something better.
I have a multiline textfield were users can type text. I split the text in words so I can compair them to see if they are a certain word. Some words don't pass the if statment even if they are the same (at leased to me). I found out it's because these words have a hard return in front of them. I need to remove the hard return, but I can't find out how. I tried to split the string on " ", but that doesn't work.
View 3 RepliesI'm trying to figure out how to set a MovieClip return value by passing a string argument and using that string to define the child of a given movieclip. I'm doing something wrong because I keep getting null traced instead of home_mc.[code]
View 2 Repliesis it possible to send a string to a function and return a object??? here is the code, but it doesn't work
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