ActionScript 1:1 - Use Arrays to Access Objects on the Stage (episode 36)

Combine stored objects on the stage with loops and other ActionScript statements using arrays. Doug shows how to tie in movie clips with arrays.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Doug Winnie
• Adobe
• ActionScript
• Flash
• animate
• animation
• access
• objects
• stage
• loop
• array
• movie clip
• video
• code
• coding
• developer
• technology

[sayweb]

very good as usual....

[AdobeActionScript]

@sayweb - thanks!

[trooperJac]

Is it possible to affect the moveclips directly by adding the iterator value.

I.e something like

for(i = 1;i <5;i++)

{

circle + (i).alpha = .2

}

[PeTaREfedrinaPower]

thanks, that was very interesting and help me a lot to improve and finish my car game xD

10 lines into 2 ;)

[zippythewildone]

@zippythewildone Yet again, I ask a question and end up figuring it out on my own, hahaha. I do that at school all the time too. Just in case anyone was wondering the same thing: var valuePotions:Number; var valueCoins:Number; var valueSpells:Number; var potionNumber:String; var coinNumber:String; var spellNumber:String; potionNumber=valuePotions+" Potions"; coinNumber=valueCoins+" Coins" spellNumber=valueSpells+" Spells" var myItems:Array=[potionNumber,co­inNumber,spellNumber];

[zippythewildone]

This series is so helpful!

Trouble is sometimes the material taught isn't good for practical use because its too vague. I don't blame you actionscript is definitely a skill you build upon.

I want to make a game with an inventory... I was thinking I could use an array: myInventory to do this. Is there a way that I could make a menu detect how many of a certain item is in the array? for example... If myInventory has "Potion", "Armor", "Potion" how would I make a menu that says Potion/s 2 Armor 1?

[saykharng]

Thanks very much, excellent series and what i learned is all clear and useful,