displaying variables like a total score

[StrugglingHard]

I am wondering if anybody can help me to learn how to make a variable increment and also to display the variable like the final score.
What I know of variables so far I think is right but I know absolutely nothing about flash and actionscript so please correct me. This is what I know from JavaScript and from what I have read so far about variables in ActionScript.

Assigning the variable score the value of 12 is:

score = 12;

Right or wrong? please?

Incrementing the variable score is:

score = score + 1;

Right or wrong? please?

What I read in the forums about displaying variables is to use a text field. Is there anything else I need to do to make sure it displays like all the other text in the frame it appears with?
If you have read this thanks, and if you can help me or think there is anything else I need to know or learn I would really appreciate it.

StrugglingHard

[cobo]

hi,

Assigning the variable score the value of 12 is:

score = 12; <-- right

Right or wrong? please?

Incrementing the variable score is:

score = score + 1; <-- right

but it´s easier if u write score += 1;

Right or wrong? please?

What I read in the forums about displaying variables is to use a text field. Is there anything else I need to do to make sure it displays like all the other text in the frame it appears with?
If you have read this thanks, and if you can help me or think there is anything else I need to know or learn I would really appreciate it.


A tut about variables: http://www.actionscript.org/tutorial...es/index.shtml

cobo

[binkyboo]

score++

This works as well.

[annexion]

Or:

++score;

But score++ would be better for a scoring mechanism.

[game_guru]

so this helped me out to but on what layer would you put this actionscript