Search Google using terms like "AS3 text file variables" and you should find what you need.

Typically you use objects you can loop on for this. You can also type cast as you're doing only when you need to rather than to create a variable just to use it.

Your example re-written using an array and casting can be:

function handleComplete3(event:Event):void

{

     // make a bunch of var=value pairs

     var urlVars:Array = String(event.target.data).split("&");

 

     // S5

     trace(String(urlVars[0]).split("=")[1]); // prints string

     // S6

     trace(String(urlVars[1]).split("=")[1]); // prints string

 

     // now you want conversion, just convert in-line to numbers instead of assigning new vars

 

     // S7

     trace(Math.round(Number(String(urlVars[0]).split("=")[1]) * 1000) / 1000); // prints number

     // S8

     trace(Math.round(Number(String(urlVars[1]).split("=")[1]) * 1000) / 1000); // prints number

}

The basic point is you can use the data you receive directly and unless it's in a very intensively called function you can just perform multiple operation at the same time without saving out to extra variables.

You're allowed to daisy chain and cast types as you go. For example I didn't NEED to split the string by an &ampersand into a temporary array, I did it for ease of reading. To print your S7 I could have did this single line of code:

function handleComplete3(event:Event):void

{

    // traces your S7

    trace(Number(Math.round(Number(String(String(event.target.data).split ("&")[0]).split("=")[1]) * 1000) / 1000) );

}

There's no difference between the S7's being printed. You assigned a bunch of variables and cast them one by one. I anonymously casted them daisy-chain style without assigning any variables working directly on the data. I just wanted to point out the daisy chaining power of ActionScript. You can convert things as you go and condense code and dynamic variable usage quite a bit.

No shortage of tutorials if you google "AS3 bar chart tutorial". Some animated, some reading from XML, etc etc. Pick your flavor. If you have any other questions just open a new topic and fire away. Good luck!

In those tutorials the XML is providing the data for the bar charts, just the numeric value. You'd just remove all that XML code and supply your own numeric values. Otherwise the bar chart code would be the same.

e.g.

someBar.scaleY = int(_xml.Somenode[i].someValue * someMathValue / etc);

to

someBar.scaleY = myValue;

You're still adjusting the same property of the bar on the chart, the size of it (whether it be height, scaleY, etc), you just erase the XML code and supply your own value instead. The tutorial should specify what the value expects which will either be a height in pixels or a scale value between -1 and 1. It's up to you to perform the math to convert the number correctly. Feel free to post any questions on that process.

You're welcome and good luck!