Loading variables from txt

Hello everybody,
I have a flash file with two dynamic fields which get data
from a txt file. There is one more dynamic field in flash which i
want to display a certain calculation result between the values of
the two other dynamic fields. The two vars are loaded from the txt
file without any problem, but flash recognizes them as strings and
as a result, the calculation is impossible (NaN). How can i convert
the loaded data from the txt file into numeric ones in order to be
able to do calculations between them?
Thank you

You have a choice:
if your string values is called myVar1
You can convert it to a number type in the following ways:
myVar1=parseInt(myVar1); //for parsing integer values,
ignores after any decimal points - useful particularly for hex
strings etc
myVar1=parseFloat(myVar1); //parses the value into a regular
precision number
myVar1=Number(myVar1);
You can read more about each of the above in the relevant
links on the following page:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/00001166.html

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function brightON(){
 this._alpha = 300;
function brightOFF(){
 this._alpha = 30;
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 thumbs_mc.onEnterFrame = sliderControl;
 for (var i:Number = 0; i < NPICS*2; i++) {
 thumbs_mc["mc"+i].onRollOver = brightON;
 thumbs_mc["mc"+i].onRollOut = brightOFF;
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 _mc.i = (ipic >= NPICS ? ipic-NPICS : ipic);
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 totalloaded += loader.getProgress(_mc).bytesTotal;
 // now load the next one (if there are more) or set up handlers if done
 ipic++;
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 setupHandlers();
 } else if (ipic >= NPICS) {
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 loader.loadClip(tmbVar[ipic-NPICS], thumbs_mc["mc"+ipic]);
 } else {
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 loader.loadClip(tmbVar[ipic], thumbs_mc["mc"+ipic]);
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 var loadedsofar:Number = totalloaded + loaded;
 pct_txt.text = Math.floor(loadedsofar / TOTALBYTES * 100) + "%";
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 createEmptyMovieClip("pic_mc", 1);
 pic_mc._x = PICX;
 pic_mc._y = PICY;
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 createEmptyMovieClip("thumbs_mc", 2);
 thumbs_mc.beginFill(0, 100); // black
 thumbs_mc.moveTo(0, 0);
 thumbs_mc.lineTo(2 * (MARGIN + THUMBW) * NPICS, 0);
 thumbs_mc.lineTo(2 * (MARGIN + THUMBW) * NPICS, THUMBH);
 thumbs_mc.lineTo(0, THUMBH);
 thumbs_mc.endFill();
 // drawing the thumb holder at 0, 0 and then moving it makes its reg point = upper left
 thumbs_mc._x = THUMBHOLDERX;
 thumbs_mc._y = THUMBHOLDERY;
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 mask_mc.beginFill(0x0000cc, 100);
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 mask_mc.lineTo(MASKW, MASKH);
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 tf.size = 12;
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ok here is my code so far.....i've set a movieclip where i want the captions and set the dyn text box above the clip....i've given the movieclip a background n faded so images can still be seen behind.
im just having a problem with the loop.....each one i tried resulted in the caption staying the same no matter what thumbnail is clicked.
are there any suggestions as to how this can be done......(please bare in mind im a newbie to actionscript)
var locVar = new Array();
locVar = imgLoc.split(",");
var tmbVar = new Array();
tmbVar = tmbLoc.split(",");
var capVar = new Array();
capVar = imgCap.split(",");
var NPICS:Number = locVar.length; // number of pictures to load
var PICX:Number = 32.8; // x loc of big picture
var PICY:Number = 24.9; // y loc
var THUMBHOLDERX:Number = 50; // x location of thumbnail holder movieclip
var THUMBHOLDERY:Number = 457; // y location
var THUMBW:Number = 100; // width of each thumbnail
var THUMBH:Number = 75; // height
var MARGIN:Number = 10; // margin between thumbnails
var TOTALBYTES:Number = 212000; // approx sum of bytes in all jpgs (x 2)
var MAXPIXELS:Number = 12; // max number of pixels to move slider per frame
var CAPSW:Number = 525;
var CAPSH:Number = 28;
var CAPSX:Number = 38; //caption text x position
var CAPSY:Number = 391; //caption text y position
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var MASKW:Number = 600; // mask width
var MASKY:Number = 447.9; // start y location of mask
var MASKH:Number = 92; // mask height
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loader.addListener(this);
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// listener function to handle broadcast progress messages
// make pct_txt show cumulative loading progress
function onLoadProgress(_mc:MovieClip, loaded:Number) {
 var loadedsofar:Number = totalloaded + loaded;
 pct_txt.text = Math.floor(loadedsofar / TOTALBYTES * 100) + "%";
function init() {
 // create holder for pictures
 createEmptyMovieClip("pic_mc", 1);
 pic_mc._x = PICX;
 pic_mc._y = PICY;
 // create (and draw) holder for thumbnails
 createEmptyMovieClip("thumbs_mc", 2);
 thumbs_mc.beginFill(0, 100); // black
 thumbs_mc.moveTo(0, 0);
 thumbs_mc.lineTo(2 * (MARGIN + THUMBW) * NPICS, 0);
 thumbs_mc.lineTo(2 * (MARGIN + THUMBW) * NPICS, THUMBH);
 thumbs_mc.lineTo(0, THUMBH);
 thumbs_mc.endFill();
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 thumbs_mc._x = THUMBHOLDERX;
 thumbs_mc._y = THUMBHOLDERY;
 // create, draw and enable mask over thumbs (could use different variables to define mask
 // if desired)
 createEmptyMovieClip("mask_mc", 3);
 mask_mc.beginFill(0x0000cc, 100);
 mask_mc.moveTo(0, 0);
 mask_mc.lineTo(MASKW, 0);
 mask_mc.lineTo(MASKW, MASKH);
 mask_mc.lineTo(0, MASKH);
 mask_mc.endFill();
 mask_mc._x = MASKX;
 mask_mc._y = MASKY;
 thumbs_mc.setMask(mask_mc);
 // create loading textfield indicator
 createTextField("pct_txt", 4, 200, 100, 40, 100);
 var tf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
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 tf.size = 12;
 tf.font = "Verdana";
 tf.color = 0xFFFF00;
 pct_txt.setNewTextFormat(tf);
 createEmptyMovieClip("caps_mc", 5);
 caps_mc.beginFill(0x000000, 50);
 caps_mc.moveTo(0, 0);
 caps_mc.lineTo(CAPSW, 0);
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 caps_mc.lineTo(0, CAPSH);
 caps_mc.endFill();
 caps_mc._x = CAPSX;
 caps_mc._y = CAPSY;
 // create loading textfield indicator
 createTextField("cap_txt", 6, 38, 380, 525, 25);
 var cf:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
 cf.align = "center";
 cf.size = 16;
 cf.font = "Arial Black";
 cf.color = 0xFFFFFF;
 cap_txt.setNewTextFormat(cf);
 cap_txt._x = CAPSX;
 cap_txt._y = CAPSY;
 // make empty movieclips in thumbs_mc for each pic to go into
 // make double the number so the slider can move continuously and show content
 for (var i:Number = 0; i < NPICS * 2; i++) {
 var mc:MovieClip = thumbs_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("mc"+i, i+1);
 mc._x = i*(MARGIN + THUMBW);
 mc._y = 0;
 // set the pointer to the first jpg in the array locVar
 ipic = 0;
 // start loading jpgs (ipic is initialized to 0)
 loader.loadClip(locVar[ipic], thumbs_mc["mc"+ipic]);
 cap_txt.text = capVar[2];
init();
stop();

Load variables, remembering variables

I am trying to load variables from a text file, and have them
available from then onwards in the movie, globally so to speak.
While I can read the variable values in a loader function
which executes when the text file is loaded, I don't seem to be
able to keep those variables available afterwards.
How do I that? Isn't AS3 wonderful? :(
John

I think you are missing the fact that things don't happen in
a sequence you write the code. The very core of events model is to
allow dealing with things happening asynchronous and at
unpredictable times while proceeding with the code.
In your example I suspect you envision that when Flash hits
the line "function urlLoader_complete(evt:Event) {" it waits until
text is loaded. This is not correct. The fact (and the beauty) of
it is that Flash goes right pass this line to the line
"trace("After: " + sspColourBG);" Naturally, sspColorBG variable is
not defined by that point.
urlLoader_complete is executed ONLY after index.as3.txt is
loaded which happens some time after.
I suggest to time your code to grasp the sequence of events.
In the example below you will observe that trace 2 comes after
trace 4:
trace("1: " + getTimer());
var sspColourBG;
function urlLoader_complete(evt:Event) {
trace("2: " + getTimer());
trace("During: " + urlLoader.data.extColourBG); // returns
correct value
trace("3: " + getTimer());
trace("After: " + sspColourBG); // returns undefined
trace("4: " + getTimer());

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