[RESOLVED] timer

[pumpkin2006]

hello,
i'm using:

////////////////// TIMER //////////////////

var timeStart = 0; 
var timer = timeStart;
function updateTimer() {
    if (timer>=0) {
        timer = timer+1;       
    } else {
        gotoAndStop (2); 
        clearInterval(myInterval);
        delete myInterval;
    }
}
myInterval = setInterval(updateTimer, 1000); 

to display the amount of time spent playing a game.
i'd like to append the word "seconds" after the time.
i thought i could just add

+("seconds") 

but its not working... any ideas?

thanks

[Nig 13]

is timer the variable name of a Text Field? If so, then, instead of adding the timer directly to the text field var, store it in another variable and then display the timer along with "seconds" in your textfield. Because, if you add "seconds" directly to when incrementing your timer variable for the text field, it loses its mathematical function, thus not incrementing at all, but being interpreted as a string.

var timeStart = 0; 
var myTimer = timeStart; 
function updateTimer() { 
    if (myTimer>=0) { 
        myTimer = myTimer+1;
        timer = myTimer+" seconds";
    } else { 
        gotoAndStop (2); 
        clearInterval(myInterval); 
        delete myInterval; 
    } 
} 
myInterval = setInterval(updateTimer, 1000);

[pumpkin2006]

thanks!