getBytesLoaded() -vs- Loaded = getBytesLoaded()

[-Blue-]

is it better to just use
getBytesLoaded()
or to make
BLoaded = getBytesLoaded()
then use "BLoaded" in your script.

[bluefrost]

getBytesLoaded() wont give you anything
BLoaded = getBytesLoaded() and BLoaded will have the loaded bytes for you to put in a textfield.

Same principle as having
var text
instead of
text="hello"

[-Blue-]

im still new to flash:
what do you mean by:

Same principle as having
var text
instead of
text="hello"

[moagrius]

what the hell...
lars is totally off here.
first off, text="hello" is preferrable to var text;text=hello (unless you want it scoped locally, then var text=hello is still better than var text;text=hello;)
second, all BLoaded is, is a pointer - like a shortcut - to the real product, which is the return of the function call.

to the OP - if you're going to say getBytesLoaded more than once, use a pointer (var blah=getBytesLoaded). if not, don't.