using the For loop ?

[microcline]

I wanted to use a For loop to have only those textfields be included in the summation that have user input in them.

for example:

I have 30 input fields and I want to have their total put into another field, the problem is that some of these fields will not have user input in them and therefore I don't want to include them in my summation.

If someone could help me on this that would be great
Thanks
Jason

[brothervm]

First thing that comes to mind is something like this:

set total_sums to be the number of text entries, 30 say.

name your text boxes something like entry1, entry2, entry3, etc. (If you created an array, you could just call the text fields whatever you wanted and reference their names in an array... like sum_array("stuff","more stuff"). )

finally, your summation.


for (sum_loop = 1; sum_loop <= _root.total_sums; sum_loop++){
// if statement to ignore empty fields
if (_root["entry" + sum_loop] != null){
_root.summation += Number(_root["entry" + sum_loop]);
}
}

This will likely need some debugging, but it gives you the idea. Also, make sure that before you run it, you reset the variable summation so it doesn't keep adding to itself every time through. You can also make a verifier so that if someone enters a letter or a space or some other non-number, it tells them which field to fix.

Hope this helps.

brotherVM

[microcline]

thank you very much for your help,

your code worked perfect the first time, You are a Flash Master


thanks so much
Jason