[RESOLVED] Passing a variable to an function when added to an event listener

[somlemeg]

I want to pass a variable to a function via an event listener, is that possible?

var selectedDot:Number = 1;
nextDotButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, selectNewDot(1));
prevDotButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, selectNewDot(-1));

function selectNewDot (difference:Number) {
    selectedDot = selectedDot + difference;
    trace (selectedDot);
} 

In my script I get error on line 2 and 3 of course, is there a way of doing this? Or should I create two functions for it?

[somlemeg]

After a small google search, I found this and it works. If anyone knows of a better way, please share.

var selectedDot:Number = 1;
nextDotButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function(_event:MouseEvent) { selectNewDot(1); } );
prevDotButton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function(_event:MouseEvent) { selectNewDot(-1); } );

function selectNewDot (difference:Number) {
    selectedDot = selectedDot + difference;
    trace (selectedDot);
} 

[somlemeg]

How would the addEvent listener look like if the function looked like this?

function selectNewDot (difference:Number, e:MouseEvent) { 
    selectedDot = selectedDot + difference; 
    trace (selectedDot); 
} 

[somlemeg]

Solved it.