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Unicron
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Hey folks. I have searched high and low for the answer to what seems to be a simple problem. Perhaps I don't know how to describe the title properly so if this has been dealt with before, please forgive me.

I would be glad to take an answer for this in Actionscript, Javascript, or PHP. (because I have run into the problem in all 3 scripting langs.)

Color1 = "red"
Color2 = "blue"
Color3 = "green"

function showColor(num) {

.... help here
}

The function passes a number only. I want to use showColor(1) to print "red" but can't figure it out.

The only things I can ever get are undefined variables or the word "Color1".
May 7 '08 #1
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jitu78
30 New Member
Hey folks. I have searched high and low for the answer to what seems to be a simple problem. Perhaps I don't know how to describe the title properly so if this has been dealt with before, please forgive me.

I would be glad to take an answer for this in Actionscript, Javascript, or PHP. (because I have run into the problem in all 3 scripting langs.)

Color1 = "red"
Color2 = "blue"
Color3 = "green"

function showColor(num) {

.... help here
}

The function passes a number only. I want to use showColor(1) to print "red" but can't figure it out.

The only things I can ever get are undefined variables or the word "Color1".
=============== ==
Expand|Select|Wrap|Line Numbers
  1. var col:string;
  2.  
  3. function showColor(num) {
  4. if (num==1)
  5. {col="red";}
  6. else
  7. if (mun==2)
  8. {col="blue";}
  9. else
  10. {col="green";}
  11. trace(col);
  12. }

- Jitendra
May 11 '08 #2

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