TellTarget in Flash5= ? in Flash MX?

[mosberian]

Subject is pretty self explanatory, i'm new to MX, and where did the TellTarget command go?

[d0gzilla]

It's under "Depreciated" > "Actions"..go figure

I always go straight to the "Index" when I cant find something

[mosberian]

Figured it out, nm

[skierbit]

http://board.flashkit.com/board/show...hreadid=339797

with

[alberto sejas]

... "tell target", you will have no chance by "flashfilmfestival" .

I wouldn´t use it any more. I try not to use "if..." any more ("a?b:c" ist compact) and:

a=a+1 is now a++
a=a+b is now a+=b
a=a/b is now a/=b

you don´t need to do this any more:
a=1;
b=1;
c=1;

you can do this:
a=b=c=1;

etc. I don´t remember any more (yes i do, just javascript notation).

[gSOLO_01]

Originally posted by alberto sejas
I try not to use "if..." any more ("a?b:c" ist compact)

could you explain that one to me...

[alberto sejas]

... the best way is an example, i think:

//old:

if (a>b) {
text = "a is bigger";
} else {
text = "b is bigger";
}

//new:

text= a>b ? "a is bigger" : "b is bigger";

//got it?

[gSOLO_01]

Originally posted by alberto sejas
//got it?

interesting, i'll stick to writing it out ...

but how would that work if i wanted to do a gotoAndPlay type thing

_currentframe != targetframe ? gotoAndPlay(targetframe);

can i put that on multi-lines

[tested]i guess i can

a>b ? trace("a is bigger") : trace("b is bigger");

//or

if (a>b) { trace("a is bigger"); }else{ trace("b is bigger");

sorry for posting all that rubbish i just think it's interesting as i'm not acustom to doing it that way...

From the Refrence condition ? trueExpression : falseExpression

[bit-101]

tell target was already deprecated in flash 5. replaced by with.

the tertiary operator ( ? ) is in many programming languages. it compiles to the same thing as an if statement in bytecode. for short simple conditionals it's nice, but compact code doesn't necessarily mean good code.`

[alberto sejas]

...

[gSOLO_01]

Originally posted by bit-101
but compact code doesn't necessarily mean good code.`

i agree, it's easier to see if or else as apposed ? or : in long blocks of code. and it just make sense when looking at it from a non-programming background.