[flash 8]sort movieclips into columns...

[uni009]

PHP Code:

var i:Number = 0;
function goMe(){ 
if (i >= myArray.length){
    clearInterval(myInterval);
    i="0";
    }
eval(myArray[i].instance).slideTo(0,i*myArray[i].instance._height,1,"easeOutBounce");
i++;
} 


i'm using this code to cycle through an array and move the movie clips to x:0, and y:height of clip, times whatever number it is.... if there are 4 objects in the array, object 1 would be 1 times it's own height.... etc... so they're spaced out.


however, when i resize my stage, i'd like to have them arrange differently... into columns... but i'm not sure how to specify breaking them off into columns. i tried something like this:

PHP Code:

var cCount:Number = 2;
var rCount:Number = 1;
function goMe2(){ 
//number of columns to make

//number of rows in each column

//height of each item in row
var itemHeight:Number = myArray[1].instance._height;
//width of each column
var colWidth:Number = myArray[1].instance._width;
if (i >= myArray.length){
    clearInterval(myInterval);
    i="0";
    rCount=0;
    }
    if(rCount<="2"){
eval(myArray[i].instance).slideTo(0,rCount*itemHeight,1,"easeOutBounce");
    rCount++;
    i++;
    }else{
eval(myArray[i].instance).slideTo(cCount*colWidth,cCount*rCount,"easeOutBounce");
    rCount++;
    i++;
    }
} 


... but it didn't sort correctly

you can see what i mean here: http://www.ericgibb.com/sd.html

[Assertnfailure]

One option is to have a nested for loop to set coordinates, and just use a counter variable to go through the array.

PHP Code:

counter=0;
for(i=0;i<Math.ceil(myarray.length/2);i++){
    for(j=0;j<2;j++){
        if(counter<myarray.length){
            with(myarray[counter]){
                _y=i*ygap;
                _x=j*xgap;
            }
            counter++;
        }
    }
} 


Of course substituting the _x and _y functions with whatever specifically you wanted for setting coordinates, but the point is to use i for establishing the row, while j to establish the column.