[RESOLVED] [F8] Is there a simpler way to code this?

[midnightheist]

Im making a flash RPG, and I want to display one "heart" mc for each HP the user has remaining. I have the following code that works atm, but i'm sure it could be put into a case statement or something that looks cleaner. Or maybe put the hearts in some kind of array, and loop through.

The user will eventually have 10 HP total. Any ideas on how to simplify this code in actioncript?

Thanks in advance

        if (_root.user_one_hp = 1) 
	{
		userheart_one._alpha = 100;
		userheart_two._alpha = 0;
		userheart_three._alpha = 0;
		userheart_four._alpha = 0;
		userheart_five._alpha = 0;
	}

        if (_root.user_one_hp = 1.5) 
	{
		userheart_one._alpha = 100;
		userheart_two._alpha = 50;
		userheart_three._alpha = 0;
		userheart_four._alpha = 0;
		userheart_five._alpha = 0;
	}


	if (_root.user_one_hp = 2) 
	{
		userheart_one._alpha = 100;
		userheart_two._alpha = 100;
		userheart_three._alpha = 0;
		userheart_four._alpha = 0;
		userheart_five._alpha = 0;
	}

[dawsonk]

// array of userheart movie clips
var hearts:Array = [userheart_one, userheart_two, userheart_three, userheart_four, userheart_five];
// call this function whenever user_one_hp changes
function updateHearts() {
	var val = user_one_hp;
	for (i = hearts.length; i >= 0; i--) {
		if (val >= i) {
			var num = val - i;
			if (num > 0) {
				hearts[i]._alpha = num * 100;
				val -= num;
			}
			hearts[i - 1]._alpha = 100;
			val--;
		} else {
			hearts[i - 1]._alpha = 0;
		}
	}
}

HTH

[midnightheist]

Nice, works perfectly.

Thanks for the time and the effort It's greatly appreciated.