external text file

[DW Stanford]

Hi,

I have a text file that I'm pulling into my flash (FLASH 8) file.

Text File format:
&questType //Kind of Question
&correct //Correct Awnser
&first_answer //balance of answers
&second_answer
&third_answer
&forth_answer

I know how to bring it in and load into a text filed:

myData = new LoadVars()     
myData.load("questions.txt")     
myData.onLoad = function(success){      
 if(success){           
        questType.text = this.questType 
             
      } else trace ("Error loading data") 

  }

What I need help with is bringing it into an array and then sorting it to display questions and answers

Can anyone show me an example...

[samac1068]

Well from the example above, it doesn't appear that your text file is formatted correctly. This is basically one long string with parameters and values separated by ampersand (&).

Here is an example of a properly formatted string:

item1=Item1&item2=item2&item3=item3 

From that you simply PUSH the parameters into your array

if(success)
{
    myArray.push(this.item1);
    myArray.push(this.item2);
    myArray.push(this.item3);
}

Could provide more help if you provided an example of your text file (properly formatted).

[poltuda]

The .txt file format will be as bellow:

questions.txt

&questType=Kind of Question&
&correct=Correct Awnser&
&ans1=balance of answers 1&
&ans2=balance of answers 2&
&ans3=balance of answers 3&
&ans4=balance of answers 4&

myData = new LoadVars();
myData.load("questions.txt");
var answerArray:Array = new Array();
myData.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
    if (success) {
        questType.text = this.questType;
        for (i=1; i<5; i++) {
        answerArray.push(this["ans"+i]);// This code will create array of four answers.
        _root["ans"+i].text=this["ans"+i];// This code will display answer in the text field.
        }
        trace(answerArray);
    } else {
        trace("Error loading data");
    }
};

Post the .txt file.

Poltuda

[poltuda]

&nQnC=2&
&Bl_ans=4&

&questType1=Kind of Question 1&
&correct1=Correct Awnser 1&

&ans1_1=balance of answers 1_1&
&ans1_2=balance of answers 1_2&
&ans1_3=balance of answers 1_3&
&ans1_4=balance of answers 1_4&

&questType2=Kind of Question 2&
&correct2=Correct Awnser 2&

&ans2_1=balance of answers 2_1&
&ans2_2=balance of answers 2_2&
&ans2_3=balance of answers 2_3&
&ans2_4=balance of answers 2_4&

myData = new LoadVars();
myData.load("questions.txt");

var questionArray:Array = new Array();
var correctAnswer:Array = new Array();
var answerArray:Array = new Array();

myData.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
    if (success) {
        questType.text = this.questType1;
        for (i=1; i<Number(this.nQnC)+1; i++) {
            questionArray.push(this["questType"+i]);
            correctAnswer.push(this["correct"+i]);
            var tmpArray:Array = new Array();
            for (j=1; j<Number(this.Bl_ans)+1; j++) {
                tmpArray.push(Array(this["ans"+i+"_"+j]));
                _root["ans"+j].text = answerArray[0][j-1];
            }
            answerArray.push(tmpArray);
        }
        trace(questionArray);
        trace(correctAnswer);
        trace(answerArray[0]);
        trace(answerArray[1]);
    } else {
        trace("Error loading data");
    }
};