Dataprovider / Array problem...

[huflungpu35]

Here's the issue I'm having. I am entering some info into a dataprovider based on some radio buttons.

When I trace the contents of the dataprovider, everything shows up fine (3 items with the values I want to show). However when I try to add the contents of the dataprovider into a textbox, it only shows the last item.

There is a bunch of code in the project, so I just copied out what is being used for this part.

I don't have much experience with dataproviders, so if anyone can point me in the right direction it would be much appreciated.


var dpataProvider = new DataProvider();
dp.addItem(event.currentTarget.value+" "+event.currentTarget.label);

mysubmit.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendForm);
function sendForm(evt:MouseEvent):void {
trace(dp.toArray());
testbox.text=dp.toArray();

}

[deadlock32]

while you can trace arrays and see all the data (providing they are not objects) I wonder how the like: testbox.text = dp.toArray(); even worked... because it threw an error that the value being assigned to testbox.text wasn't a string.

A few simple ways to convert an array to a string:

testbox.text = dp.toArray().toString();  // will output with commas seperating the values

testbox.text = dp.toArray().join('~~'); // will output one string with the dilimeter in the join param

and other ways as well, like going though each value and appending it to a string for example.

the code I tested with:

var arr:Array = ['hi', 'hello', 'sup'];
trace(arr); // hi,hellow,sup

textbox.text = arr; // throws error

textbox.text = arr.toString(); // outputs the same as the trace

textbox.text = arr.join('.-*-.') // outputs with goofy delimiter