Question

(lord help me for programming in AS2)

i’m itterating thru an array of text field objects and tracing the selected focus field when pressing tab, as well as each object.

i’m trying to equate these object, but while they trace the exact same they are not.

m_InputFieldsArray = new Array(m_TitleTextInput, m_CommentsTextArea, m_EmailTextInput);

for (var i:Number = 0; i < m_InputFieldsArray.length; i++)
{
    trace("Get Focus: " + Selection.getFocus());
    trace("Arr Index: " + m_InputFieldsArray[i].textField);

    if (Selection.getFocus() == m_InputFieldsArray[i].textField) 
    {
        trace("Match!");
        return;
    }
    else
    {
        trace("NO Match!");
    }
}

the output:

Get Focus: _level0.m_Window.form.m_TitleTextInput.textField
Arr Index: _level0.m_Window.form.m_TitleTextInput.textField
NO Match!
Get Focus: _level0.m_Window.form.m_TitleTextInput.textField
Arr Index: _level0.m_Window.form.m_CommentsTextArea.textField
NO Match!
Get Focus: _level0.m_Window.form.m_TitleTextInput.textField
Arr Index: _level0.m_Window.form.m_EmailTextInput.textField
NO Match!

the first group traces the same, but apparently they do not match. Selection.getFocus() returns a string, while the array index is tracing the text field object. if i add toString() to the text field object it will trace as [Object object]

how can i accomplish a match?

Answer 1

Use eval() for the Selection.getFocus()