Can you name actionscript entities dynamically??

[clemrock]

Hello,

I am trying to find a more gracefull way to code actionscript entities w/ in a more dynamic fashion.

For instance, I am populating dropdown menus by looping through an XML file.
Rather than addressing the attributes one by one like this:
subnode_2[k].attributes.option_1_branch,
subnode_2[k].attributes.option_2_branch,
subnode_2[k].attributes.option_3_branch...

It rather than addressing each one separately, it would be nice to loop in this manner:

for( var i = 0; i < 10; i++ )
{
if( subnode_2.attributes.option_" + i + "_branch" != undefined )
{
'mc_code_option_'+i+'_dd'.txt_code_value =
subnode_2.attributes.code_value;
}
}

 

[billwatson]

no reson why you cant loop like that but i am puzzled by this line

'mc_code_option_'+i+'_dd'.txt_code_value =


should it be

mc_code_option_ + i + _dd.txt_code_value =

 

[clemrock]

Actually, just trying to print something simple like:

trace (" output: " + subnode_2[k].attributes.mc_code_option_ + k + _dd );

will print it as "undefined0undefined", "undefined1undefined"

Thanks for your time,

Clem C

 

[billwatson]

try posting more of the script....dificult to say whats causing the undefined without more info