Static text | variable | static text

Question

i'm thinking i need a simple actionscript to do this but i'm
not exactly sure. i have a dynamic text field that is loading a
variable named count. however i would like to place static text on
either side of the value of the variable. since the variable is an
integer that will only increase, it's horizontal width will also
increase as well. i can't very well place two strings of static
text on either side of a variable that will grow in width over
time. does that make sense?
essentially, i want to have a dynamic text box display a
string of text, then the value of a variable (that will change in
length), then another string of text, but i would like it to all be
seamless, looking as if i just typed the whole sentence in a word
processor. thanks for your time!

Answer 1

let say you have a dynamic text field with instance name
my_txt
when you want to increase the value, you run my_txt.text++;
when you want to decrease the value, you run my_txt.text--;
now, convert the dynamic text field to a movieclip symbol,
set the instance name my_mc
now, to set the value of text, we should use
my_mc.my_txt.text++;
but we are not going to set the value in this way.
now, go into my_mc movieclip, select the 1st frame, attach
script:
var actualValue:Number = Number(this.my_txt.text);
var displayValue:String = "";
function setValue(d) {
actualValue += d;
displayValue = "something"+actualValue+"something";
my_txt.text = displayValue;
setValue(0);
go back to your maim timeline. and now,
when you want to increase the value, use my_mc.setValue(1);
when you want to increase the value, use my_mc.setValue(-1);