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Matt Reid
Matt Reid

Reputation: 235

AS2 Flash - Quiz IF Statements Not Working

I have an if statement that does not seem to work for my quiz, it's in AS2.

var check_answer_num:Number = (answer_num+1);

var tmp_answer:String = xml_engine.firstChild.childNodes[quiz_current].childNodes[1].firstChild;
var tmp_user_answer:String = xml_engine.firstChild.childNodes[quiz_current].childNodes[check_answer_num].firstChild;

if(tmp_answer==tmp_user_answer) {
    trace("YES");
} else {
    trace("NO");
}

When I test the quiz it outputs NO for every answer even if it is correct. Not sure if it's a defining vars problem?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 361

Answers (1)

Brian Driscoll
Brian Driscoll

Reputation: 19635

I think your XML traversal may be amiss based on the sample XML that you gave.

Here's your XML (just for clarity):

<Quiz> 
 <Question> 
   <QText>Who is the main character?</QText> 
   <QAns>Brad Smith</QAns> 
   <Option>Al Ahkmed Zahid</Option> 
   <Option>Brad Smith</Option> 
   <Option>Dinah Soares</Option> 
   <Option>Jack Knoff</Option> 
 </Question> 
 <Question> 
   <QText>What was Brad Smith originally?</QText> 
   <QAns>A Homeless Guy</QAns> 
   <Option>A Homeless Guy</Option> 
   <Option>A Church Minister</Option> 
   <Option>A Homeless Guy</Option> 
   <Option>A Hippy</Option> 
 </Question> 
</Quiz>

Now, here's your declaration of tmp_answer:

var tmp_answer:String = xml_engine.firstChild.childNodes[quiz_current].childNodes[1].firstChild;

Assuming that xml_engine is the entire doc represented above, xml_engine.firstChild is the first <Question> node, which I don't think is what you want.

Try this:

var tmp_answer:String = xml_engine.childNodes[quiz_current].childNodes[1].firstChild

That should give you "Brad Smith" for the first question

Upvotes: 1

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