URGENT!!! - reading external file with an array

[owl527]

Hi,
i have an external file that contains a multidimensional array. it looks something like this:
var map = [
[2,2,5,2,1,2,2],
[2,0,2,2,3,2,2],
[2,2,2,2,2,0,0]
]
I try to load the file into flash by writing:
Externaldata= new LoadVars();
Externaldata.load("solarintensity.as");
Externaldata.onLoad= function(success){
if (success){
trace(Externaldata);
SolarArray= new Array();
SolarArray = Externaldata;
trace ("first number: " + SolarArray.map[1][1]);
this is what I get:var%20map%20=%20%5B%0D%0A%5B2%2C2%2C2 .....
and for the second trace Igot:first number : undefined
how exactly can I read the file in as an array and be able to use it the way it is in flash? or how do I access the data?

Hope someone can help me!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!



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[hangalot]

the answer to ur first poblem lies in the fact that it is urlEncoded.

[owl527]

what does that really mean? so how exactly do I fix it?? thank you!

[farafiro]

in other words: don't use the Enter/Space in the external files
these are a unicode characters

[owl527]

I changed my external file, didn't use enter/ space but still getting the same thing:

my external looks like this:
map=[[2,2,2,2,2,2],[3,5,2,2,2,2],[2,1,4,2,4,1],[2,2,2,2,2,2]]

and this is what I get when I try to read it into flash. What exactly should I do?

map=%5B%5B2%2C2%2C2%2C2%2C2%2C2%5D%2C%5B3%2C5%2C2% 2C2%2C2%2C2%5D%2C%5B2%2C1%2C4%2C2%2C4%2C1%5D%2C%5B 2%2C2%2C2%2C2%2C2%2C2%5D%5D&onLoad=%5Btype%20

PLS HELP!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[farafiro]

execuse me
but why r u saving it as a *.as file??
of course this won't work, save it as a *.txt file

[CyanBlue]

Howdy... ;)

If you are loading the text file, whether it is *.AS file or *.TXT file, via LoadVars() object, Flash will ONLY read the data as STRING...

So, in other words, your text filemap=[[2,2,2,2,2,2],[3,5,2,2,2,2],[2,1,4,2,4,1],[2,2,2,2,2,2]]can be accessed in Flash as bunch of strings but it won't be recognized as a form of an array...

So, what you gotta do is to use split() function once the data is loaded into the Flash...

Read these threads for more information on how to use split() function to and populate the array with that data...

How to Populate the Array from the External Source via split() Function
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=21004
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showthread.php3?s=&threadid=28131

PS> You might have gotten your answer faster if you have searched the forum thoroughly...