Math With Actionscript???

[biodegradable]

alright I would normally do this in Visual Basic but I reformated and lost my copy and it will take 5 hours to download annother copy from Microsoft.com...and i thought you could do this in Flash as well becouse flash is math right? ok here is what I am trying to do. By request of my Teacher I am to make a program to simplify "Converse of Pythogram therom" in flash ....not complicated at all this is all i need.

3 input boxes and 1 result box (4 input)

first 3 boxes are called a, b, and c (instance names) and third box is result. I also have a button to calcultae everything.

This is my math in my head.
if a.^2 + b.^2 = c.^2
then result = "Right Triangle"

This is me trying to put it into Actionscript

if (a.text^2 + b.text^2 = c.text^2) {
then result.text = "Right Triangle"
}

but then I was like wait I wand all this math to be computed by a button

on (release) {
if (a.text^2 + b.text^2 = c.text^2) {
then result.text = "Right Triangle"
}
}

But I know my button is messed up....soooo...what am I doing wrong?

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:Line 2: Left side of assignment operator must be variable or property.
if (a.text^2 + b.text^2 = c.text^2) {

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:Line 3: Syntax error.
then result.text = "Right Triangle"

Total ActionScript Errors: 2 Reported Errors: 2

[wu-tang]

You will need to define them as numeric variables first:


function isRight():Void {

var a:Number = Math.pow(Number(a.text),2);
var b:Number = Math.pow(Number(b.text),2);
var c:Number = Math.pow(Number(b.text),2);

if((a+b) == c) trace("it is right");
else trace("not right");

}

button.onRelease = isRight;

[silverfish]

and there's no "then" in AS "if" statements, just if (condition) {}

[biodegradable]

what version of Flash are you using?
I keep getting this error

There is no property with the name 'text'.

and why does right after the if have 2 "("
and what is "isRight"

wow your code is a whole lot more complex than mine 0_0 why does it need to be that complex? it is not a complex code. is it becouse there is no "then" in AS? thats lame
Lastly I don't need it to be a+b=c i need it to be squared or a^2 + b^2 = c^2

[amen0]

it's not complex but it's the right way to Script :)
isRight is the function that will be executed when the btn is released.

[wu-tang]

Sorry i named the variables the as same the textfield:

you can do it like this:


on(release){

if((Math.pow(Number(a.text),2)+Math.pow(Number(b.t ext),2)) == Math.pow(Number(c.text),2)) trace("it is right");
else trace("not right");

}

[amen0]

based on wu-tang, but he named 2 vars the same name

[biodegradable]

but I need "not right" to be sent to results.text becouse I am going to have to have multiple results.

Like after I have
if a^2 + b^2 = c^2
then results are the triangle is a right triangle
else
if a^2 + b^2 > c^2
then results are the triangle is an acute triangle
else
if a^2 + b^2 < c^2
then results are the triangle is an abtuse triangle

understand? thats why i wanted my results to be in a results.text.

[amen0]

modify the code to

function isRight():Void {
var a:Number = Math.pow(Number(_root.a_txt.text), 2);
var b:Number = Math.pow(Number(_root.b_txt.text), 2);
var c:Number = Math.pow(Number(_root.c_txt.text), 2);
if ((a+b) == c) {
Result = "it is right";
} else if ((a+b)<c) {
Result = "abtuse triangle";
} else {
Result = "acute triangle";
}
}
button.onRelease = isRight;

[biodegradable]

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:Line 1: Statement must appear within on handler
function isRight():Void {

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 2, frame=1:Line 13: Statement must appear within on handler
button.onRelease = isRight;

Total ActionScript Errors: 2 Reported Errors: 2



I tried my code all i kept getting was acute triangles LOL

[MichaelxxOA]

@biodegradable:

You are getting this error because you put you're code ON the movieclip, if you select your movieclip and highlight all of the actions then cut them and paste it onto the frame of the main timeline, that will at least get rid of the errors, not guarunteeing that it will work. Take Care.
-Michael

[amen0]

can u upload ur .fla [edit][no need Solved by MichaelxxOA ]

[biodegradable]

Here it is 0_0
i had my AS on the button not on the movie itself

talking on the phone I have delayed thinking hold on

ok why won't this work

on(release){
if((Math.pow(Number(a.text),2)+Math.pow(Number(b.t ext),2)) == Math.pow(Number(c.text),2)) trace("Right Triangle");
else if((Math.pow(Number(a.text),2)+Math.pow(Number(b.t ext),2)) >= Math.pow(Number(c.text),2)) trace("Acute Triangle");
else if((Math.pow(Number(a.text),2)+Math.pow(Number(b.t ext),2)) <= Math.pow(Number(c.text),2)) trace("Obtuse Triangle");
else trace("Something went Wrong");
}

all the trace results are Acute Triangles

[amen0]

like you want

[biodegradable]

Why dosn't this code work?

[amen0]

like this
a is in ur code is a var and not instance;

on(release){
if((Math.pow(Number(a),2)+Math.pow(Number(b),2)) == Math.pow(Number(c),2)) trace("Right Triangle");
else if((Math.pow(Number(a),2)+Math.pow(Number(b),2)) >= Math.pow(Number(c),2)) trace("Acute Triangle");
else if((Math.pow(Number(a),2)+Math.pow(Number(b),2)) <= Math.pow(Number(c),2)) trace("Obtuse Triangle");
else trace("Something went Wrong");
}

[biodegradable]

works perfectly...

but instead of a trace can i have it go to
results.text
using this code

on(release){
if((Math.pow(Number(a),2)+Math.pow(Number(b),2)) == Math.pow(Number(c),2)) trace("Right Triangle");
else if((Math.pow(Number(a),2)+Math.pow(Number(b),2)) >= Math.pow(Number(c),2)) trace("Acute Triangle");
else if((Math.pow(Number(a),2)+Math.pow(Number(b),2)) <= Math.pow(Number(c),2)) trace("Obtuse Triangle");
else trace("Something went Wrong");
}


I am writing Macromedia right now seeing if "then" can be put into next Flash....
becouse i could just write it like

if a.text + b.text = c.text
then results.text = "Right"

[amen0]

place instead trace(".....");
results.text="YourText";//results the instance name of the text box