Replacing array with another array but same name

Question

How do I replace an array or define it and then give it values based off a users choice? The code with the if statements below are some choices I need in one or both arrays.

For example

if(choice=="easy")
{
var sorted:Array = new Array("Beau","Dad","Jesus","Mary","Mom");
}
if(choice=="hard")
{
var sorted:Array = new Array("Beau","Dad","Jesus","Mary","Mom","Jordyn","Presley","Daddy","Mommy","Grandma","Grandpa","Nana","Gepa");
}

But this doesn't work above.

h2ooooooo · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-13 09:52:16Z

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Declare the variable outside the condition instead (I also changed if/if to if/elseif as choice can't be both easy and hard at the same time):

var sorted:Array;

if(choice=="easy")
{
    sorted = new Array("Beau","Dad","Jesus","Mary","Mom");
} else if(choice=="hard")
{
    sorted = new Array("Beau","Dad","Jesus","Mary","Mom","Jordyn","Presley","Daddy","Mommy","Grandma","Grandpa","Nana","Gepa");
}

answered Jan 13, 2014 at 9:52

h2ooooooo

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Ivan Chernykh · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-13 10:20:03Z

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As an additional option to h2oooooo' answer , you can use something like:

    var sorted:Array = {    
              "easy":["Beau","Dad","Jesus","Mary","Mom"],
              "medium":["Jordyn","Presley","Jesus","Mary","Nana"],
              "hard":["Beau","Dad","Jesus","Mary","Mom","Jordyn","Presley",
                      "Daddy","Mommy","Grandma","Grandpa","Nana","Gepa"]
               }[choice];

    trace(sorted.constructor); // [class Array]

edited Jan 13, 2014 at 10:20

answered Jan 13, 2014 at 10:08

Ivan Chernykh

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Ivan Chernykh Over a year ago

@h2ooooooo , for sceptics i attached a constructor' trace ;)

h2ooooooo Over a year ago

Ah, ignore my previous comment if you saw it - I just thought it was odd creating an object, but assigning it to an Array as I missed the [choice] part :)

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