problem with arrays

[thunderxlight11111]

hi how are you guys ?  i hope you all fine ..

i have little problem with the arrays contents ..   

the problem is , when i try to trace the array items it shows the arrays items as objects like this

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

here is the source code (i lighted the trace message and the arrays )

package {

import flash.display.MovieClip;

   import flash.events.MouseEvent

   import flash.events.Event;

public class MAIN  extends MovieClip {

  var additemsvar:String

  var addpricevar:int

  var removeitemvar:int

  var itemsnp:Array = new Array (1000000)

  var za:int = 0

  public function MAIN () {

    addbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK ,addbutton1)

    removebutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK ,removebutton1)

    addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME , onEnterFrame)

  }

  public function onEnterFrame (event:Event){

   if(listbox1.selectedIndex != -1){

   itemname11.text = String({label:listbox1.getItemAt(listbox1.selectedIndex)})

  }

  }

  public function addbutton1 (event:MouseEvent){

   additemsvar = additems.text

   addpricevar = int (addprice.text)

   listbox1.addItem ({label:itemsnp[za]})

   listbox2.addItem ({label:itemsnp[za]})

   itemsnp.push({additemsvar:addpricevar});

   za += 1

   trace (itemsnp.toString())

  }

  public function removebutton1 (event:MouseEvent){

   trace (listbox1.selectedIndex)

   listbox1.removeItemAt(listbox1.selectedIndex)

  }

}

}

thank you

[kglad]

call traceItemsnpF to trace that:

function traceItemsnpF(a:Array):void{

for(var i:int=0;i<a.length;i++){

for(var s:string in a){

trace(s,a);

}

}

}

[thunderxlight11111]

???

[Rothrock]

Looks like you don't have a problem with Arrays, but with objects!

The code kglad gave you should be used to trace your content so instead of

trace(itemsnp)

use

traceItemsnpF(itemsnp)

[thunderxlight11111]

ohh , but i realy dont want to fix the problem before knowing why is that happen...

you know, if i change the red lines to

   itemsnp.push(additemsvar);

trace (itemsnp.toString())

i will get the array items , but only one array not multi array like

itemsnp.push({additemsvar:addpricevar});

and iam sure the problem from  these 2 bracers {}  ,, and i realy dont know why

so iam asking 

1- why these 2 bracers because i have book in as2 and the book doesn,t use them.

2- why the message displays the objects instead the items .

sorry my english is bad but i hope you can understand me

thank you for your replay

[kglad]

your array (itemsnp) contains objects (or associative arrays).  when you use trace(itemsnp), flash will trace the arrays elements.  each element is an object (=associative array) and flash is tracing that accurately.

if you want to trace the objects contents, use the code i showed.

[thunderxlight11111]

ohh , but it works with 1 array like this

itemsnp.push(additemsvar); 

trace (itemsnp.toString())

why is that? i mean that i can see the items in this way not the objects

thank you for your replay

[kglad]

because additemsvar is a string, not an object.

[thunderxlight11111]

but

itemsnp.push({additemsvar:addpricevar});

additemsvar and addpricevar are also strings variables

sorry because i asked you a lot but realy this thing confuse me

thank you

[kglad · Accepted solution]

var additemsvar:String = "whatever";

1:  itemsnp.push({additemsvar:addpricevar});

itemsnp elements are objects, not primitives like strings or numbers.  trace(itemsnp) is expected to show [object Object] itemsnp.length number of times.

2.  itemsnp.push(additemsvar);

itemsnp elements are strings.  trace(itemsnp) is expected to show each string element (eg, "whatever").

[thunderxlight11111]

ohh ok

thank you mr.kglad

sorry because i lated in the replay

[thunderxlight11111]

ohh sorry

look this the whole code

package {
import flash.display.MovieClip;
   import flash.events.MouseEvent
   import flash.events.Event;

public class MAIN  extends MovieClip {
  var additemsvar:String
  var addpricevar:int
  var removeitemvar:int
  var itemsnp:Array = new Array (1000000)
 
  var za:int = 0
  public function MAIN () {
    addbutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK ,addbutton1)
    removebutton.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK ,removebutton1)
    addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME , onEnterFrame)
  }
  public function onEnterFrame (event:Event){
   if(listbox1.selectedIndex != -1){
   itemname11.text = String({label:listbox1.getItemAt(listbox1.selectedIndex)})
  
  }
  traceItemsnpF(itemsnp)
  }
 
  public function addbutton1 (event:MouseEvent){
  
   additemsvar = additems.text
   addpricevar = int (addprice.text)
  
   listbox1.addItem ({label:itemsnp[za]})
   listbox2.addItem ({label:itemsnp[za]})
   itemsnp.push({additemsvar:addpricevar});
   za += 1
  
  
   }
  public function removebutton1 (event:MouseEvent){
  
   trace (listbox1.selectedIndex)
  
   listbox1.removeItemAt(listbox1.selectedIndex)
  
  }
  function traceItemsnpF(a:Array):void{

for(var i:int=0;i<a.length;i++){

for(var s:String in a){

trace(s,a);

}

}

}

 
}
}

and the result

additemsvar 0

additemsvar 0

additemsvar 0

sorry but maybe i set the function in wrong place

[kglad]

check your additemsvar and addpricevar values if the trace output is unexpected.

[thunderxlight11111]

still .. thank you anyway

i will try to do that in another way

thank you again for your help

[kglad]

you're welcome.