Doing a Jigsaw Puzzle need help :-)

Question

Hi hoping that I can get some help with out having to start all over on my project.  I am very new at this coding and have never coded anything before.  I see there is a ton of code out there but the examples really confuse me.  They don't tell you what or where my instance names fit into the code given.  Or that I am not familiar with it enough to see where my names for either my movie clips or button names fit into the codes available.
The code I have for my simple puzzle is as follows:
var pArr:Array = new Array (p1_mc, p2_mc, p3_mc, p4_mc, p5_mc, p6_mc, p7_mc, p8_mc, p9_mc, p10_mc, p11_mc);
for (var i:uint =0;
i < pArr.length; i++) {
pArr[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, drag);
pArr[i].addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, drop);
function drag(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.currentTarget.startDrag();
function drop(event:MouseEvent):void {
event.currentTarget.stopDrag();
Although this will move all the pieces around, what I need is to be able to be able to lock the pieces together, and complete it.
Please Help
Valerie

Answer 1

The code you have now should be fine as a starting point, so chances are you can build onto what you already have.  The reason you might not be able to do that is if you find a tutorial that takes a different approach that forces you to changes things due to lack of understanding the coding/programming.
What you should do is search Google using terms like "AS3 jigsaw tutorial" and "AS3 drag tutorial", and try to find one that somewhat matches what you have so far.
As an aid to maybe help you to avoid having to rewrite your code to follow someone else's approach, just realize that you have the basics already in place for the dragging and dropping.  You are just missing the rest of the code you'll need in the dropping function that helps you determine when an object is placed where it belongs and how process it into whatever position is deemed necessary (where it goes versus where it came from, etc).  So you might be able to skip to the part where checking the if the drop is on target gets discussed.