Lost i value within loop 1

[frozenpeas]

Hi,

Everything below works as expected, until the onRelease action is called. The instance names are correct, but the i value within the onRelease comes out as 4 (the length of my array) for every button.

Any ideas? Thank you.

for(i=0;i<picArray.length;i++){
	//create button on stage
	attachMovie("btn","btn"+i,i);
	this["btn"+i]._x = originX;
	this["btn"+i]._y = originY;
	this["btn"+i].txtNum = i+1;
	originX += offsetX;
	this["btn"+i].onRelease = function(){
		trace(i);
		trace(this._name);
	}
}

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[kennethkawamoto]

By the time you click on a button the value of the variable "i" has become 4 (otherwise you won't see the 4 buttons on stage!) so that you will get "4" in the output when you click any of those 4 buttons.

If you want to get the number "0" when you click the "btn0", you can extract the number from the name of the button:
[tt]//
...
this["btn"+i].onRelease = function() {
trace(parseInt(this._name.substr(3, 1)));
};
//[/tt]

Or since you're conveniently storing "i+1" in the buttons, you can do:
[tt]//
...
this["btn"+i].onRelease = function() {
trace(this.txtNum-1);
};
//[/tt]

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk

 

[oldnewbie]

Or add an ID and trace it this way...

...
this["btn"+i].ID = i;
this["btn"+i].onRelease = function(){
trace(this.ID);
trace(this._name);
}
...


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[frozenpeas]

Thank you.

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