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ehmad
ehmad

Reputation: 2623

Get shortest number Algorithm, in actionscript syntax

I want to put shortest int in shortest: 

shortest = 500;

for(i = 1; i <= _global.var_process_count; i++)
{
    if(_root["process" + i].process_time_original.text < shortest)
        shortest = _root["process" + i].process_time_original.text ;

}

what's wrong with above lines of code?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 112

Answers (1)

Amarghosh
Amarghosh

Reputation: 59451

  • The code is not ActionScript-3, it is either AS-2 or lower.
  • You are not casting the string (textfield.text) to a Number.
  • What if the smallest number is 501 (or anything greater than 500)?

Try the following code:

var shortest:Number = Number.MAX_VALUE; 
for(i = 1; i <= _global.var_process_count; i++) 
{
  var t:Number = Number(_root["process" + i].process_time_original.text);
  if(isNaN(t)) //in case the text is not a valid number.
    continue;
  if(t < shortest) 
    shortest = t;
}
trace("shortest number is " + shortest);

Upvotes: 2

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