[RESOLVED] alternate text colors.

How do I alternate text colors in a dynamic text field I tried to use CSS but it changes all the text to the same color i want each line to be a seperate color.

Make sure the text field is HTML enabled.

This function reads a string, and out puts a html formatted string based on the two colours you give it:

Code:

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var myString = "this is some text\nthis is some text\nthis is some text\nthis is some text\nthis is some text";

function alternateTextColour(s:String, colour1:uint, colour2:uint):String {
        var a:Array = s.split("\n");
        var toReturn:String = "";
        trace(a);
        t.text = "";
        for(var z:int = 0; z<a.length; z++) {
                toReturn += "<font color=\"#"+(z&1?colour1.toString(16):colour2.toString(16))+"\">"+a[z]+"</font>\n";
        }
        return toReturn;
}

t.htmlText = alternateTextColour(myString, 0xFF0000, 0xFF);

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thanks works beautifully

No worries. Obviously the trace isn't needed.

I've also spotted a little error, changing:

Code:

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colour1.toString(16):colour2.toString(16)

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to

Code:

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colour2.toString(16):colour1.toString(16)

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will mean the first line's colour will be colour1.