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• • adrelles
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  • • Joined 21 Jun, 2013
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  • 5 Jul, 2013
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  I'm trying to recreate the code below in Construct 2. I think I have most of it correct, but the stop loop doesn't seem to work.

  var array1 = new Array("a" , "g" , "e" , "j" , "a");

  var array2 = new Array("b" , "a" , "c");          

  for each (var letter in array2) {

  for (var i=0; i < array1.length ; i++) {

      if (letter == array1(i)){

          array1(i) = -1;

          break;

       }

  }

  trace(array1);

  // OUTPUT: is -1,g,e,j,a

  When the loop finds the first letter 'a' it changes it to '-1', but stops and doesn't change the last 'a'. In Construct the output is -1,g,e,j,-1. The only thing I can think of is that I'm not implementing the stop loop properly.

            <img src="http://assets.universityalliance.com/construct/screenCap.jpg" border="0" />

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• • adrelles
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  • • Joined 21 Jun, 2013
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  • 24 Jun, 2013
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  — Will do. Thanks for the help. I feel like a displaced refugee of the Apple and Adobe Flash wars. I hope Construct 2 can become my new home.

• • adrelles
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  • • Joined 21 Jun, 2013
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  • 24 Jun, 2013
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  Thank you. I see how you set the value in the instance and then check that value against the function param. I assume that means that when the program gets to step 9, that it checks all the instances of LetterDisplay. I think that's the part I'm having trouble conceptualizing. In Flash you have to target an instance specifically with dot syntax.

• • adrelles
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  • • Joined 21 Jun, 2013
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  • 23 Jun, 2013
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  Anyone.. please. <img src="smileys/smiley19.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

• • adrelles
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  • • Joined 21 Jun, 2013
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  • 21 Jun, 2013
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  I'm sure this has already been answered somewhere in the forums, but I can't seem to find an answer that makes sense. I'm new to Construct 2 and coming from using Flash, so I might not be thinking about this the right way.

  The project is to build a simple Hangman game, so no enemies, or collision, just logic.

  I have a function that creates the letters of the word from XML data as invisible sprites and places them in a line an the stage. Easy enough. Then as the user selects letters if the letter exists in the string, it reveals that letter.

  If I were doing this in Flash I would create an array and put the letter sprites in that array. Then I loop through a find(string) and use the return to make that position in the array visible.

  It's that last step that I can't figure out. I don't know how to use the find return to target a specific sprite to reveal that letter.

  dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16604965/HangMan.capx