for - duplicate prob

[Wolf Thunder]

we all know about the ol for loop with duplicateMovie in it, right,... so anyway, how do you make it work!?!
my code should be like this:

code:

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function Emits() {



	for (j=0; j<=7; j++) {

		duplicateMovieClip("emitter", "emitter"+j, j);

		

		a = (_root.Starter._y-_root.Ender._y)/(_root.Starter._x-_root.Ender._x);

		b = _root.Starter._y-_root.Starter._x*a;

		

		if (_root.Starter.invert == false) {

			_root["emitter"+i]._x = random(_root.Ender._x-_root.Starter._x)+_root.Starter._x;

		}

		if (_root.Starter.invert == true) {

			_root["emitter" + i]._x = random(_root.Starter._x-_root.Ender._x)+_root.Ender._x;

		}

		_root["emitter"+i]._y = a*_root["emitter"+i]._x+b;

}

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but that doesn't work!
however, this does:

code:

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function Emits() {



	for (j=0; j<=7; j++) {

		duplicateMovieClip(emitter, emitter+j, j);

		

		a = (_root.Starter._y-_root.Ender._y)/(_root.Starter._x-_root.Ender._x);

		b = _root.Starter._y-_root.Starter._x*a;

		

		if (_root.Starter.invert == false) {

			_root.emitter._x = random(_root.Ender._x-_root.Starter._x)+_root.Starter._x;

		}

		if (_root.Starter.invert == true) {

			_root.emitter._x = random(_root.Starter._x-_root.Ender._x)+_root.Ender._x;

		}

		_root.emitter._y = a*_root.emitter._x+b

}

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i'm afraid that it will create probs, so where did i go wrong! (btw, i'm using 2004).
thanks in advance!

[pellepiano]

Comments need // in front of them. otherwise they are seen as code.

[Wolf Thunder]

woops... but thats not the problem, it's written ok i just wanted to erase the comments in this post, and flash doesn't tell me there's a syntax mistake, it just doesn't do what it's supposed to.

[pellepiano]

You also forgot a lot of " characters that are present in the first code. You need those.Otherwise Flash will think they are variables.

[Wolf Thunder]

I know, that's exactly the problem... for some reason the one that's supposed to be wrong works

[pellepiano]

Its hard to say as i dont really know what the code does.

[Wolf Thunder]

the code duplicates a MC called emitter 8 times, then calculates a linear function between two MCs called starter and ender (the invert var is for error handling if the user flippes the location of starter and ender) and then spreades the duplicated emitters randomly on the imagenery line between starter and ender

[pellepiano]

I get the duplication, but was not shure about the other part. Well , its strange.

[lastboss]

Originally posted by Wolf Thunder
we all know about the ol for loop with duplicateMovie in it, right,... so anyway, how do you make it work!?!
my code should be like this:

code:

---

function Emits() {



	for (j=0; j<=7; j++) {

		duplicateMovieClip("emitter", "emitter"+j, j);

	...		

_root["emitter"+i]._y = a*_root["emitter"+i]._x+b;

}

---

This first code uses
_root["emitter"+i] ... but what is the i ?? Shouldn't that be _root["emitter"+j]? If not, you're missing the declaration of i

[Wolf Thunder]

thanks! I can't belive I keep doing these stupid mistakes, I forgot when i added some code I changed it from i to j.
(thank you! thank you! thank you!)