array skipping first letter

[rasphswirl]

Why when I publish my movie it skips the first letter of my array. Everything seems to load into the array okay but, when the text moves into place it skips the first letter. I fixed it by making the first letter repeat in my text file but, I would like to know what I am doing wrong.

I have a text file named data.txt inside of the text file dataString=Work Please
On the stage I have an empty mc with the code

//load the text file
onClipEvent(load) {
    loadVarsText = new LoadVars(); 
    loadVarsText.load("data.txt"); 
    loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) { 
    if (success) { 
        trace ("done loading: "+this.dataString);  
        //starting positions
        startXpos = 100;
        startYpos = 100;
        nextX = 0;
        elapsedTime = 0;
        enterTime = 0;
        //i = 0;
        //put text from file in array
        newLetters = new Array();
        newLetters = this.dataString.split("");        
        trace("length: "+ newLetters.length);
    } else { 
        //oops no text file loaded
        trace ("not loaded"); 
        } 
    }
}

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
    if (elapsedTime>100) {
        enterTime = getTimer();
        if (i<this.newLetters.length) {
            /*attach a mc with from library link named letter
            inside the letter mc is animated mc instance named animated
            inside the animated mc is text box instance named letterContainer*/
            newClip=_root.attachMovie("letter", "letter"+i, i);
            //put the letter from the array into the animated text box
            newClip.animated.letterContainer.text = newLetters[i];
            trace("textWidth: "+newClip.animated.letterContainer.textWidth);
            //move the newly made clip
            newClip._x = nextX;            
            newClip._y = startYpos;
            //place the mc next to the last mc
            nextX = newClip._x + newClip.animated.letterContainer.textWidth;
            ++i;
            elapsedTime = 0;
        }
    } else {
        elapsedTime = getTimer()-enterTime;
    }
} 

Any help much appreciated.

[poomani_bgl]

dear rasphswirl,

the variable i is not initialized that's the problem

the complete code is here

/load the text file
onClipEvent(load) {
_global.counter=0;
loadVarsText = new LoadVars();
loadVarsText.load("data.txt");
loadVarsText.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
trace ("done loading: "+this.dataString);
//starting positions
startXpos = 100;
startYpos = 100;
nextX = 0;
elapsedTime = 0;
enterTime = 0;
//i = 0;
//put text from file in array
newLetters = new Array();
newLetters = this.dataString.split("");
trace("length: "+ newLetters.length);
trace(newLetters);
} else {
//oops no text file loaded
trace ("not loaded");
}
}
}

onClipEvent(enterFrame) {
if (elapsedTime>100) {
enterTime = getTimer();
if (_global.counter<this.newLetters.length) {

/*attach a mc with from library link named letter
inside the letter mc is animated mc instance named animated
inside the animated mc is text box instance named letterContainer*/
newClip=_root.attachMovie("letter", "letter"+_global.counter, _global.counter);
//put the letter from the array into the animated text box
newClip.animated.letterContainer.text = newLetters[_global.counter];
trace("textWidth: "+newClip.animated.letterContainer.textWidth);
//move the newly made clip
newClip._x = nextX;
newClip._y = startYpos;
//place the mc next to the last mc
nextX = newClip._x + newClip.animated.letterContainer.textWidth;
++_global.counter;
elapsedTime = 0;
}
} else {
elapsedTime = getTimer()-enterTime;
}
}

[poomani_bgl]

flas check it out

[rasphswirl]

Thank you thank you thank you! Works perfect!

One more question I have never used _global before. Can you access it from any timeline kind of like _root?

[poomani_bgl]

_global is Player dependant variable.

if you load 5 movies in a player into diffent levels you can declare a variable in one level as _global.var1, you can use it in other swf's loaded with the same player

[rasphswirl]

Thats pretty cool. I will have to mess around with it. Thanks again!