Arrays in .txt ?

[Gingko]

Can i have my Arrays done in a .txt and then load them into flash?

I would like to have this: idMovie =["mov1", "mov2", "mov3"];
Instead of idMovie1 = mov1 &idMovie2 = mov2 &idMovie3 = mov3

[Jayhoo]

put in your text file a string seperated by ","
myString="1,2,3,4,5,6,7"

and us split to output to array

See example code below.


myString="1,2,3,4,5,6,7"
myArray=myString.split( ",")
trace(myArray)

[Gingko]

Hey that's what i wanted to do! it works pretty well, thankyou

[Gingko]

Now i want to call a random value from the array and it always return 0 and some times 1 or 3 but most of the time it returns 0.
on (press) {
trace(random(myArray.pop()));
}

that's what im doing the array.pop() Removes the last element of an array and returns it's value. i want to do it randomly not the last nor the first, if anyone knows please help me out!

[Jayhoo]

pop only returns the last avlue in an array.

see the following code on how to get a random index
(this doesnt delete the value just returns)

myString="1,2,3,4,5,6,7"
myArray=myString.split( ",")
trace(myArray)

//gives a random value between the number of Indexs in array (-1 to reset to 0 initial index)
randomIndex=Math.floor((myArray.length-1)*(Math.random())+0.5);
//get value from this index
myRandomValue=myArray[randomIndex]
trace(myRandomValue)

hope that helps

[Gingko]

I was too far away from getting it work! Thankyou man it works perfectly. You save me weeks of head cracking hehehe. Thanks a lot!!!