[MX] set("a"+i+"._x","b"+i+"._x") help.

[deldelfarrom]

As you can probably see by the title, I want to address the x of one to the x of another, the problem being that they are both dynamically named and called.

If I write
set("whatever"+i+"._x",400); // x goes to 400 no problems.

However if I write
set("whatever"+i+"._x","object"+i+"._x"); // it asumes that the second variable is just a string value and not the thing I want to call.

Can someone tell me how to set a1._x to b1._x dynamically, (preferably in a similar way to described above.)

[dawsonk]

whatever = "a";
otherone = "b";
i = 1;
eval(whatever + i)._x = eval(otherone + i)._x;

[IMS]

mess with this:

code:

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var x;

var y = 12;

var myX12 = 7;

var mySpot = eval("myX"+y);

set('x',mySpot);

trace('x: '+ x);

stop();

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i would take: object"+i+"._x and do this
var myNewObject = eval("object"+i+"._x");
set("whatever"+i+"._x",myNewObject); // no quotes

hope this helps

IMS

[silentweed]

use array notation and dot notation , (don't use set, that's old school) e.g

this["whatever"+i]._x = this["object"+i]._x;

[IMS]

silentWeed, I've been trying to use the array notation, but sometimes it doesn't seem to work as it should. I don't have an example of this problem now, but when it happens again, I'll be hitting you up.

IMS

[deldelfarrom]

Thanks Y'all, got it now....

believe it or not, I have used Flash for years and never come across the eval() function. Kinda funny realy.

set(eval("a"+i+"._x"),eval("b"+i+"._x"));

worked in the example that I gave in the title.

Thanks again.

[silentweed]

silentWeed, I've been trying to use the array notation, but sometimes it doesn't seem to work as it should. I don't have an example of this problem now, but when it happens again, I'll be hitting you up.

IMS

Sure let me know when you encounter a problem using array notation