left side of operator must be a variable or property

[johhnywutang]

ex.
eval("String"+varNumber)=thisProperty;

this doesn't work.
rats.
this feels like a rookie q, but in flash mx i apparently cannot create a assignment name dyamically when i set a new var.

how do i do it in flash mx?

thanks

JWT

[gSOLO_01]

thisProperty = eval("String"+varNumber);

[johhnywutang]

heh

i apologize, i was not spec enough:

eval( "string" + count ) = unescape( eval("string" + count) );


both sides are eq's

thanks again

[gSOLO_01]

hmmm... i'm not sure exavtly what you want to do but i set up this thing...

count = 1;
thisIstest2 = "test1";
MyString1 = "test2";
thisStringCount = eval("MyString" + count);
thisEval = eval("thisIs" + thisStringCount);
trace(thisEval); //test 1
trace(thisStringCount); //test 2

[johhnywutang]

thanks solo for your time. it is much appreciated.

yes, that will work great.

i was hoping for perhaps a less "roundabout" way to do it, since i'm using it in a "for" statement for generating about 7 vars for each of 10 items. so it gets messy. but it's all good.

an offhand question - this used to work in flash 5, but not in mx anymore... anyone know why? practical advantages? just curious

thanks

jwt

[oldnewbie]

This can be done without eval in both 5 and MX.
Associative array syntax.

whatever = this["string"+i];

[johhnywutang]

lol

thanks yeah i assumed there was a syntax trick of SOMEthing i was missing.
i feel much better.

once again thanks!

[gSOLO_01]

Originally posted by oldnewbie
This can be done without eval in both 5 and MX.
Associative array syntax.

whatever = this["string"+i];

can i do

_root["string"+a] = this["string"+i]

?