flash actionscript: I am using flash 5 (Can't get the money approved for MX sux to be me)
I have a loadvariablenum call thru php that sends flash info like so:

line=thomas,smith

Then I am trying to assign the first string in the array to a
variable.
The array comes in fine and I can even use the array in whole as a
variable.
But I can't seem to make a call to just the first string.

function info () {
theVars = line;
theArray = new Array();
theArray = theVars.split(",");
ArrayName[0] = "first";
ArrayName[1] = "last";
}

output for variable "line" = thomas,smith
output for variable "first" = nothing

What is it that I am missing? How do I either assign the first split
of the array to a variable name, or set it as a variable?

Thank you.

Hmmm,

I am using MX but something like this may help you...

line = "Thomas,Smith";

function info() {
theVars = line;
theArray = new Array();
theArray = theVars.split(",");

namesArray = new Array();

createName = new Object();
switch(theArray.length){
case 2:
createName.surName = theArray[theArray.length -1];
createName.firstName = theArray[0];
break;
default:
createName.surName = theArray[theArray.length -1];
createName.firstName = theArray[0];
createName.secondName = theArray[1];
}
namesArray.push(createName);
}
info();

trace("The person in position 0 has a surname of : " + namesArray[0].surName +
" and a first name of " + namesArray[0].firstName);

output should be : "The person in position 0 has a surname of : Smith and a
first name of Thomas"

This way would also allow for a first second and surname...

never having migrated from 5 to MX, I don't know what is acceptable in that
envrionrment

but maybe it will help
cheers,

actually, namesArray should be instantiated outside the 'info' function call
.... otherwise it will be reset each time the function is run...

namesArray = new Array();
// then
function info(){
theVars = line;
// etc....

Thank you, I see I was trying to go about things the wrong way.

I appreciate all you guys help

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Thomas, I'm not quite sure what you are trying to accomplish but the
above function creates three new variables:

1) theVar, which holds the same string as line
2) theArray, which is the array [ "thomas", "smith" ]
3) ArrayName, which is the array [ "first", "last" ]

A variable "first" is never created. If you want to access the parts of
the name as "last" and "first" you should write:

first = theArray[0]
last = theArray[1]


You could also do it without a special function like this:

var firstName = line.split(",").shift();
var lastName = line.split(",").pop();

or

var firstName = line.split(",")[0];
var lastName = line.split(",")[1];


HTH,
Peter