referring a variable to a single frame only?

[exuma]

I am trying to get a variable take a specific value in a specific frame. I don't want it to be defined for the whole timeline.

Currently, it looks like that:

var cool;
ifFrameloaded(instance1.labelx) {cool=2};
ifFrameloaded(instance1.labely) {cool=3};

but var always takes the value of the most recent ifFrameloaded statement....

Thanks

[dolface]

try this
var cool;
if (_currentframe==instance1.labelx) {
cool = 2;
} else if ( _currentframe==instance1.labely) {
cool = 3;
}


hth,

-g

[exuma]

I am not that familiar with ActionScript (or any other programming language ;-)yet. I was missing the case[] option
that I know from C. I actually have about five frames to jump to.
I cannot do that with if - else because that only allows tow options, right?

[dolface]

sure you can, you can, you can string together as many if else statements as you want.
there is probably more elegant way to do it, but i don't know enough about progrmming to know what that might be.

hth,

-g