capture external file variables into an array?

[mayavi]

Hi guys,

The problem elements are like this

a)I have a text file that contains strings.each string has special characters($)that will come into play later

eg var1=/"this is a string.$mayavi$2001/"&var2=...etc..
&datacomplete=yes
I need to

a)capture these variables in an array say new primary();
b)detect the end of data in file.
c)split this primary array elements along the special characters and populate secondary arrays.

eg primary[0]="this is a string.$mayavi$2001" ;
text[0]="this is a string";
author[0]="mayavi";
year[0]="2001";


can some kind soul help another in distress.

thanx guys

[mayavi]

somebody please help. I am desperate on this .

thanx,
mayavi

[mayavi]

hey guys no help?...

[LuxFX]

Well, for starters it looks like you need to use the split() function. Look at this code:

primary[0]="this is a string.$mayavi$2001" ;
splitPrimary = new Array();
splitPrimary = primary[0].split("$");

And then you have an array, splitPrimary, that has three values, [0] is "this is a string.", [1] is "mayavi", and [2] is "2001". You could then just write more code to assign these values to your other arrays.

hope this helps!

[mayavi]

Thanx LuxFx it works great now, but still having problems capturing the external variables into arrays.
Do u have any pointers in that direction?

cheers,
mayavi

[LuxFX]

Whenever I pull in an external variable to be used as an array, I format it like this in the text file:

arrayString=var1|var2|var3|var4|var5

And in Flash, after this imported, I use the split() function to turn it into a real array, like this:

myArray = arrayString.split("|");

The trick is to use a character that is hardly ever used anywhere else, so I use the pipe. You might have had problems using a '$'.

Is this going to help?

[mayavi]

thanx a lot i does work luxfx..

cheers,
mayavi