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silvith
silvith

Reputation: 290

How to cast a string as an array

I have 5 different arrays for a bunch of excercises, like so:

    const oef1:Array = ["citroen","schoen","boek"];
    const oef2:Array = ["huis","muis","jas"];
    const oef3:Array = ["boek","koek","sok"];
    const oef4:Array = ["ei","bij","bot"];
    const oef5:Array = ["vier","mier","muur"];

Now I want to set the current game. I do this by copying the array, like so:

var curArr:Array;
var curExc:int = 1;
curArr = ("oef" + curExc) as Array;

I can't convince flash to accept the string ("oef"+curExc) as an Array. How do I do this?

I have searched Stack Overflow extensively but I think I simply don't know the correct lingo for what I'm looking for. It's the only possible reason I can think of why I can't find the answer here because I'm sure someone must have already tried this. Apologies if this is the case, please point me to the right question.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 114

Answers (3)

Romi Halasz
Romi Halasz

Reputation: 2009

You could make a two-dimensional array, like so:

wrapper => [
    0 => oef1,
    1 => oef2,
    2 => oef3,
    3 => oef4,
    4 => oef5,
]

And just retrieve wrapper[curExc].

Have a great day.

Upvotes: 0

Sam DeHaan
Sam DeHaan

Reputation: 10325

const oef1:Array = ["citroen","schoen","boek"];
const oef2:Array = ["huis","muis","jas"];
const oef3:Array = ["boek","koek","sok"];
const oef4:Array = ["ei","bij","bot"];
const oef5:Array = ["vier","mier","muur"];

const oefArrays:Array = [oef1,oef2,oef3,oef4,oef5];


var curArr:Array;
var curExc:int = 0;
curArr = oefArrays[curExc];

Upvotes: 2

grapefrukt
grapefrukt

Reputation: 27045

Use square brackets.

curArr = this["oef" + curExc];

Upvotes: 2

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