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[blanius]

Well major problem with javascript. Cannot get variable except as string from an edit box.

lets say you have edit_1 with varible a and input 1
and then in javascript you

a=a+1

well instead of 2 you get 11 as if working with a string. So far I cannot find a way around this.

This has been reported to support.

Want to see what I'm working on?
http://deadyeti.com/blanius/breakout.html

Project now on hold until javascript oddities are address either with work arounds or new version. Seems like I do that alot.

[Edited by blanius on 02-23-2002 at 10:37 PM]

[MrJoseph]

Hi! Bret Lanius

tries this To create an editBox and assign to Variable -> a and its initial value to 1, it creates a Javascript i.e.

f=abs(a);
a=f;
a=a+1;

the real value of the variable will update in edit box which must be 2 and not 11.

Joseph

[blanius]

Originally posted by MrJoseph
Hi! Bret Lanius

tries this To create an editBox and assign to Variable -> a and its initial value to 1, it creates a Javascript i.e.

f=abs(a);
a=f;
a=a+1;

the real value of the variable will update in edit box which must be 2 and not 11.

Joseph

Hi Joseph, tried that, didn't work. However this did

Score=INT(Score)+1

[MrJoseph]

Hi! Bret

Score=int(Score)+1 takes the value from a variable and it approximates it to the following unit.


i.e. Score=1.3 and Score=Int(Score)+1 equal to 2, and not equal to 2.3, works well for integer numbers but it does not for decimals.

The use of abs(var) works to me well, for decimal and integer numbers; here it is a small example.

http://www.josephbrowndesigns.com/3dflash/movie_11.html

Reviews if you wish to interchange concepts.

Joseph

[blanius]

Originally posted by MrJoseph
Hi! Bret

Score=int(Score)+1 takes the value from a variable and it approximates it to the following unit.


i.e. Score=1.3 and Score=Int(Score)+1 equal to 2, and not equal to 2.3, works well for integer numbers but it does not for decimals.

The use of abs(var) works to me well, for decimal and integer numbers; here it is a small example.

http://www.josephbrowndesigns.com/3dflash/movie_11.html

Reviews if you wish to interchange concepts.

Joseph

Yes I realize it works only with integers, this is fine for my use. Keep in mind that abs has the limitation of no negative numbers.

[kusco]

Hi Blanius,

I'm hoping that this is not too late for an answer.

You're quite correct about the abs() function not being able to work with negative numbers. Your INT() idea will prevent the use of decimal numbers.

How about using something like this...

a = (a * 1) + 1;

This takes the contents of 'a' and uses it in an equation which simply converts the result to a number. Multiplying it by 1 leaves the result as you would expect and then you can do whatever you please.

The advantage here is that you can have the best of both worlds. ie. negative and decimal numbers.

HTH,
Kusco

[blanius]

Originally posted by kusco
Hi Blanius,

I'm hoping that this is not too late for an answer.

You're quite correct about the abs() function not being able to work with negative numbers. Your INT() idea will prevent the use of decimal numbers.

How about using something like this...

a = (a * 1) + 1;

This takes the contents of 'a' and uses it in an equation which simply converts the result to a number. Multiplying it by 1 leaves the result as you would expect and then you can do whatever you please.

The advantage here is that you can have the best of both worlds. ie. negative and decimal numbers.

HTH,
Kusco

Might have to try that.

Ideally Insane will fix this in the next release anyway. And for my current purpose the INT idea will suffice. That same little project has many other javascript issuse that will need to be resolved as well anyway.

My hidden objects are still triggering collision events.

You can see this at the example listed above

[ajcompany]

Do you actually hide the objects, or remove them? I might suggest trying the other one that you aren't (unless you already have). You could also try 'moving' it offscreen. Just a few suggestions.

[blanius]

Originally posted by ajcompany
Do you actually hide the objects, or remove them? I might suggest trying the other one that you aren't (unless you already have). You could also try 'moving' it offscreen. Just a few suggestions.

hidden only, If this were a paid project or had some sort of deadline I might try to work around the problems but it was mostly a test of what I could do with javascript, I attempted an invaders type game a while back but soon realize that creating and tracking that many seperate animations was too hard and too slow, javascript was the answer using cloned objects and loops to track them.

Kusco privately has fixed a couple of bugs in my code already and I will update the files at the example soon, but I can't spend too much time with it right now.

Thank you for the suggestion and everyone should feel free to dl the code and play with it. That's why it's there.

You can learn from my ideas and mistakes.