How to trace the data type?

[fedtrain]

Hello,
I had a function that was working fine...then I tried the next step of adding an interval...now I am getting undefined from my target.

Is there a way to trace for the data type so I can see if it is passing a number or a string?

Here is the code...

function revealNotes (min, max){
var number:Number = max;
     if (number == 8){
     var target = this.onStage.allNotesOnStage.easyArray
     var randomNum:Number = Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1)) + min;
     var showNote = target[randomNum];
         trace (target)
         if (showNote._visible == false){
              showNote._visible = true;
         }
     }
}

btnEasy.onRelease = function(){
    this._parent.myInterval = setInterval(revealNotes,1000,0,8);
}

Not sure why my target is now showing up as undefined.

"Credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena - T.Roosevelt

 

[fedtrain]

Nevermind...here is the code that works...

btnEasy.onRelease = function(){
    this._parent.myInterval = setInterval (this._parent."revealNotes",1000,0,8);
}

Somehow this makes the target show up...wish I knew what it was doing to break.

Anyway...anyone now why this does throw out an undefined once in a while? My array has seven items in it, but had to use 8 to get them all to show...someting about the 0 position(??)

"Credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena - T.Roosevelt

 

[fedtrain]

DOH!!!

Using the zero means subtracting one...not adding one...after I ran the correct trace...but 7 and 8 were undefined.
Have to pass a 6 and not an 8.

Ok..back to the brick wall..maybe I'll learn something yet.

"Credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena - T.Roosevelt

 

[kennethkawamoto]

Your Array has 7 items, therefore you want to generate a random integer between 0 - 6. (Array index starts at 0.)

Kenneth Kawamoto

http://www.materiaprima.co.uk