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Creating A Function- What Am I Doing Wrong?
Hi,

i've been working on a script that will dyanamically scale some background images, I can't see what's wrong with this function:

//the 'adjustSliders' function is called by the actionscript in the actions layer in _root. it is used to move the masks of the moving background images
// desired_x and desired_xscale are called on in each slider movieclip
adjustSliders = function (1x:String,1scale:String,2x:String,2scale:String,3 x:String,3scale:String,4x:String,4scale:String,5x: String,5scale:String,6x:String,6scale:String.){

_root.slidingImages_mc.section1_mc.desired_x = 1x;
_root.slidingImages_mc.section1_mc.desired_xscale = 1scale;

_root.slidingImages_mc.section2_mc.desired_x = 2x;
_root.slidingImages_mc.section2_mc.desired_xscale = 2scale;

_root.slidingImages_mc.section3_mc.desired_x = 3x;
_root.slidingImages_mc.section3_mc.desired_xscale = 3scale;

_root.slidingImages_mc.section4_mc.desired_x = 4x;
_root.slidingImages_mc.section4_mc.desired_xscale = 4scale;

_root.slidingImages_mc.section5_mc.desired_x = 5x;
_root.slidingImages_mc.section5_mc.desired_xscale = 5scale;

_root.slidingImages_mc.section6_mc.desired_x = 6x;
_root.slidingImages_mc.section6_mc.desired_xscale = 6scale;

}

I get 13 AS errors- one for each of the lines in the function :o/

*sorry if the first few lines are broken

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Function Went Wrong....very Wrong.
Okey so i made a function that should, make two movieclips (balls) move around bouncing the edges of the screen....
but something is wrong... plz help...
when i start the movie, the whole picture is moved down to the right, and the balls aint moving, thou i can drag them around...

PHP Code:

left = 0;
right = 550;
top = 0;
bottom = 400;
xspeed = 5;
yspeed = 5;
ball01.onPress = doDrag;
ball01.onRelease = noDrag;
ball01.onReleaseOutside = noDrag;
ball02.onPress = doDrag;
ball02.onRelease = noDrag;
ball02.onReleaseOutside = noDrag;
ball01.onEnterFrame = ball;
ball02.onEnterFrame = ball;
function doDrag() {
 this.startDrag();
 this.dragging = true;
}
function noDrag() {
 stopDrag();
 this.dragging = false;
}
function ball() {
 if (!dragging) {
 _x = _x-xspeed;
 if (_x-_width/2<left) {
 _x = left+_width/2;
 xspeed = -xspeed;
 } else if (_x+_width/2>right) {
 _x = right-_width/2;
 xspeed = -xspeed;
 }
 _y = _y-yspeed;
 if (_y-_height/2<top) {
 _y = top+_height/2;
 yspeed = -yspeed;
 } else if (_y+_height/2>bottom) {
 _y = bottom-_height/2;
 yspeed = -yspeed;
 }
 }
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What Is Wrong With This Function
function basement(number) {
if (_root.text_basement == "") {
with (_root.build.walkout) {
gotoAndStop("");
}
}
}
basement("8’ BURIED BSMT w/ SINGLE AREAWAY || 9’ BURIED BSMT w/ SINGLE AREAWAY"," KR-AREA-1");

Thanks for any help.

54

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What's Wrong With This Function?
I'm trying to make a function that will draw a line from one newly created movie clip to the next. The functions i have for creating and scatering the clips work fine. But this one, the one that draws lines between them, does not work. For some reason it always starts the first line from 0,0 instead of the x,y coordinants of the clip movie0. I can not figure out what the hell is going on. I've tried just about everything. At first i thought that maybe this function was being called before the scaterring function finished. So i moved this function's call to a comepletely different button and it still does it.

Here is the function. Tell me if you see anything obvious.

Code:
function Connect(lineName, clip) {
for (i=0; i<numClips; i++) {
_root.createEmptyMovieClip(lineName+i, _root.depth++);
with (_root[lineName+i]) {
lineStyle(1, 0x0000ff, 100);
moveTo(_root[clip+i]._x, _root[clip+i]._y);
lineTo(_root[clip+(i+1)]._x, _root[clip+(i+1)]._y);
}
}
}

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What's Wrong With This Function?
PHP Code:

MovieClip.prototype.nc = function(){
    Math.round( Math.random()*0xFFFFFF );
    myColoredObject = new Color (this);
    myColoredObject.setRGB(myColor);
}

then i call the function by placing an action on the mc that says:

PHP Code:

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
    nc();
}

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What Is Wrong With This Function..?
Hello, may i know what is wrong with this function? This is a function which I use to trigger an action with different time duration. When I call this function it just wont work.

function shoot1(){
x=random(2)+1;
trace(x);
if(x==1){
timera1= setInterval (shoota1,1000);
function shoota1() {
clearInterval(timera1);
_root.spider1.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
else if(x==2){
timera2= setInterval (shoota2,2000);
function shoota2() {
clearInterval(timera2);
_root.spider1.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}
}

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What's Wrong With My Function?
This girl is stuck with her function....
It's doesn't display the table correct....??!!??
Somebody can help me please...??
//
_global.xStart = 24;
_global.yStart = 265;
_global.cell_width = 92;
_global.cell_height = 135;
//
function build_table() {
if (this.list_order<=10) {
pos = this.list_order-0;
} else {
pos = this.list_order-((this.thisSet-1)*10);
}
if (pos<=2) {
this.col = 1;
this.row = pos+1;
} else if (pos>2 & pos<=4) {
this.col = 2;
this.row = pos-1;
} else if (pos>4 & pos<=6) {
this.col = 3;
this.row = pos-3;
} else if (pos>6 & pos<=8) {
this.col = 4;
this.row = pos-5;
} else if (pos>8) {
this.col = 5;
this.row = pos-7;
}
this._x = xStart+((this.col-1)*cell_width);
this._y = yStart+((this.row-1)*cell_height);
}
//

Thanx in advance..
Greetz & kisses,

Karlein...

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What's Wrong With My Function?
This girl is stuck with her function....
It's doesn't display the table correct....??!!??
Somebody can help me please...??
//
_global.xStart = 24;
_global.yStart = 265;
_global.cell_width = 92;
_global.cell_height = 135;
//
function build_table() {
if (this.list_order<=10) {
pos = this.list_order-0;
} else {
pos = this.list_order-((this.thisSet-1)*10);
}
if (pos<=2) {
this.col = 1;
this.row = pos+1;
} else if (pos>2 & pos<=4) {
this.col = 2;
this.row = pos-1;
} else if (pos>4 & pos<=6) {
this.col = 3;
this.row = pos-3;
} else if (pos>6 & pos<=8) {
this.col = 4;
this.row = pos-5;
} else if (pos>8) {
this.col = 5;
this.row = pos-7;
}
this._x = xStart+((this.col-1)*cell_width);
this._y = yStart+((this.row-1)*cell_height);
}
function displayXML() {
_global.element_count = _root.myXML.firstChild.childNodes.length;
for (var i = 0; i<element_count; i++) {
_root.attachMovie("cell", "cell"+i, 1000+i);
}
build_table.apply(_root["cell"+i]);
//
It's displaying everything but not correctly....(the loadXML is done etc...)
Can't figure it out....

Thanx in advance..
Greetz & kisses,

Karlein...

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What's Wrong With This Function Code ?
Here's the function code I have in the main timeline:

function submenu (here) {
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
if (_root.here == false) {
this.gotoAndStop(1);
} else if (_root.here == true) {
this.gotoAndStop(2);
}
}
}

...is it because i have onClipEvent in the code?
I have several mc's that need this code, and using a function would be a time saver....

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What Is Wrong With This Siple Function ?
Hi, I have 5 keyframes with pictures and I want jump from first to second etc after changing their alfa to 100... it menas, on the first keyframe to fade in and then keyframe 2 after fading in keyframe 2 jump to keyframne 3 etc etc...I have this code but after fading in, nothing happens...???

stop();
mymc._alpha = 0
this.onEnterFrame = function()
{
mymc._alpha = mymc._alpha + 15
if(mymc._alpha==100)
{
this.onEnterFrame = undefined;
}
}
gotoAndPlay(2);

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What Am I Doing Wrong With OnPress Function?
Hi

I have a button on my time line that worked using the following Action Script:

PHP Code:

var menuBtnPressed:Boolean = true;

menuButton_mc.onPress = function() {


if(menuBtnPressed) {
trace ("pressing it now changes btnPressed from true to false");
bottomBar_mc.gotoAndPlay("menu_open");
menuBtnPressed=false;
menuPanel_state = 1

} else {
trace ("since i now = false i cant run the previus code so i had to run this block and now i set back to true");
bottomBar_mc.gotoAndPlay("menu_close");
menuBtnPressed=true;
menuPanel_state = 0
}
}

But i needed to have it in a movie symbol with some other stuff. So i created a movie clip symbol called menuAll_mc with my button (menuButton_mc) in it.
And changed the code so I have menuAll_mc.menubutton_mc.onPress etc.

Like this:

PHP Code:

var menuBtnPressed:Boolean = true;

menuAll_mc.menuButton_mc.onPress = function() {


if(menuBtnPressed) {
trace ("pressing it now changes btnPressed from true to false");
menuAll_mc.bottomBar_mc.gotoAndPlay("menu_open");
menuBtnPressed=false;
menuPanel_state = 1

} else {
trace ("since i now = false i cant run the previus code so i had to run this block and now i set back to true");
menuAll_mc.bottomBar_mc.gotoAndPlay("menu_close");
menuBtnPressed=true;
menuPanel_state = 0
}
}

This doesn't work!!! Can anyone see why?

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Whats Wrong With My Function? :(
Nothing seems to work today!!

On my button I have this AS:
on (release) {scroll();
}

And in my actions layer I have this:
myFunction = scroll(); {
if (_root.SUB._x>440) {
_root.SUB._x += -30;
} else if (_root.SUB._x>-30) {
_root.page._x += (-40-_root.page._x)/8; _root.SUB._x += (0-_root.SUB._x) /2;
}
};

I'd be truly greatful if someone could prevent me from pulling my hair out and having to spend the entire day trying to find out why this wont work...or at least what i'm doing wrong!

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Hi,

What am I doing wrong

Code:
function setNavTxt(name_mc:MovieClip, i:Number, navArray:Array) {
trace(name_mc);
trace(i);
trace(navArray);
}
setNavTxt(test,2,testArray);
gives me

Quote:

undefined
2
undefined

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Whats Wrong With This Function?
ActionScript Code:

function boatdrag() {
 i++
 _root[båter[i]].onPress = function() {
 pressed = true
 }
 if(i > båtNR) { i = 1 }
}


båter = an array with movieclip names
båtNR = length of båter-array
i = counter
problem = when i click one of the movieclips in the array, the counter continiues, and that function is only run when pressed == false

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Whats Wrong With This Function?
ActionScript Code:
function moveArrows() { for(var i:Number = 1; i <= 20; i++) { if(_root[arrows[i]]._y < arrowsGround[i] + 25) { for(var j:Number = 1; j <= 200; j++) { if(_root[arrows[i]].hitTest(_root[enemys[j]].Hhitbox_mc)) { enemysHP[j] -= 100 } else if(_root[arrows[i]].hitTest(_root[enemys[j]].Bhitbox_mc)) { enemysHP[j] -= 50 } else { //rotation formula trace(i) AX = _root[arrows[i]]._x AY = _root[arrows[i]]._y OAX = _root[arrows[i]]._x - arrowsXdir[i] OAY = _root[arrows[i]]._y - arrowsYdir[i] if(AX - OAX >= 0) { grad = 1/(Math.PI/180/Math.atan((AY - OAY)/(AX - OAX))) } if(AX - OAX < 0) { grad = 1/(Math.PI/180/Math.atan((AY - OAY)/(AX - OAX))) + 180 } //movement _root[arrows[i]]._x += arrowsXdir[i] _root[arrows[i]]._y += arrowsYdir[i] arrowsYdir[i] += gravity _root[arrows[i]]._rotation = grad } } } else { if(arrowsOldTime[i] == 0) { arrowsOldTime[i] = Math.round(getTimer() / 1000) } if(arrowsOldTime[i] - (Math.round((getTimer()/1000))) == -2) { removeMovieClip(_root[arrows[i]]) } } }}

it traces i, however, the arrow wont move :S, the path is right too, i dont det it...

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sup all..
im new to flash mx 2004 and do not use actionscript 2.0 (yet)..
im makin a website for my county (monaghan, in ireland) community games..
im workin on a page that has a map in it with all the parishes (teams) in it and also displays some info in it..
i created a function (the first function i ever made before) that SHOULD copy a movie clip from the library (ID = "area") and onto the map..
the clip contains a dynamic text box that SHOULD displays the name of the team..
when i run the script, the clip is coppied from the library to the left side of the screen, but not to the position i asked it to go to..
i get an error msg
Target not found: Target="_level0.monaghan.Bawn/Latton" Base="_level0"
printed to the output screen..
(i only have one team put in so far, until i get the script goin)
here is the code that i am using:::

function create_area(area_name, posx, posy, chair, chair_phone, chair_address, chair_email, sec, sec_phone, sec_address, sec_email, clip_depth) {
_root.monaghan.attachMovie("area", area_name, clip_depth);
tellTarget (_root.monaghan[area_name]) {
this.area_display_name = area_name;
this.posx = posx;
this.posy = posy;
this.chair = chair;
this.chair_phone = chair_phone;
this.chair_address = chair_address;
this.chair_email = chair_email;
this.sec = sec;
this.sec_phone = sec_phone;
this.sec_address = sec_address;
this.sec_email = sec_email;
this.clip_depth = clip_depth;
this._x = posx;
this._y = posy;
}
}
bawn_latton = new create_area("Bawn/Latton", 100, 100, "Gerry Naughton", "0429741475", "Bowelk, Ballybay", "gjnaughton@hotmail.com", "Margaret McElroy", "0872911431", "7 Lisdrumclave, Latton, Casstleblayney", "N/A", 2);

could somebody please tell me why the script wont work??

thanks,
-declan

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using this code to look for instances around a depth

Code:
function systemHalt() {
for (i=300; i>=401; i++) {
item = _root.getInstanceAtDepth(i);
trace (item)
}
}

with this
Code:
onEnterFrame = function () {
systemHalt()
}
to call it, but all it returns is undefined, once. not continously as you would expect

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I'm trying to call a function (loadLevel()) from within another function (Incarnate()), the problem is, the function loadLevel that I'm calling is executing after the rest of the Incarnate function, so I can't access the array created by the loadLevel function in the Incarnate function!

This is the code:

ActionScript Code:
package {

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.display.Bitmap;
import flash.display.BitmapData;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.geom.Point;
import flash.geom.Rectangle;
import flash.net.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.text.*;

public class Incarnate extends Sprite {
// Create a bitmapData object which will hold the bitmap data for the currently displayed world
private var world_bmpData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(stage.stageWidth,stage.stageHeight,false,0x666666);
// Create a bitmap display object to hold the bitmapData object! [Otherwise we can't display it on screen!]
private var worldBitmap:Bitmap = new Bitmap(world_bmpData);
// This is used to load the XML level data.
private var xmlLoader:URLLoader;
//This variable is used for storing XML level data.
private var tileData:XML;
// This array holds the locations/types of all tiles in the world map.
private var aLevelMap:Array=new Array();
// This variable brings in and holds the Bitmap Data from our library tilesheet image.
// The arguments are width, height.
private var tile_bmpData:BitmapData = new tileSheet(80,40);
// This rectangle is used to select the tiles for copying pixels to the world bitmap
private var tileType:Rectangle;

public function Incarnate():void {
loadLevel();
trace ("aLevelMap after loadLevel called is " + aLevelMap[1]);

// add the main bitmap
//addChild(worldBitmap);
}

private function loadLevel():void {
// Load the XML file and call the loadComplete function to create a 2-dimensional array of tile locations.
xmlLoader = new URLLoader();
xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loadComplete);
xmlLoader.load(new URLRequest("level1.xml"));

}

private function loadComplete(evt:Event):void {
tileData = new XML(xmlLoader.data);
//For every column in the XML file
for each (var vCount:XML in tileData.tilecol) {
// Grab the values of the rows, convert the list to an XML string, and split them into an array,
// then append this array to the end of aLevelMap array, making a 2-dimensional array.
// This means Tiles can be accessed by their x,y coordinates by calling aLevelMap[x][y]
aLevelMap.push( vCount.tilerow.text().toXMLString().split("
") );
}
trace("aLevelMap at end of function is " + aLevelMap[1]);
}
}
}

The array I'm trying to access is called aLevelMap, and the two traces come up in this order:

aLevelMap after loadLevel called is undefined
aLevelMap at end of function is 5,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0

so it is clearly running the trace in loadLevel() after the one in Incarnate(), which is causing big problems

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Edit: Removed non-essential/commented out code for easier legibility

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hello everybody,

here is what i wanna make, i have an array of objects
i want to display this array randomly at certain condition ,
and display only certain objects from the array at another condition, so i have used this code 4 random display
---------------------------------------------------
if(rand==1)
{index = Math.floor(Math.random()*quiz.length);}
---------------------------------------------------
and it worked good

&&&& i used this code for choosing only no. of objects to display.

----------------------------------------------------
if(choose==1)
{
indexarray=quno.split(",");
numQuestions =Number(choosearray.length);

for (j=0;j<indexarray.length+1;j++)
{
choosearray =new Array (indexarray.length);
choosearray[j]=quiz[Number(indexarray[j])];
}//end of for

index = Math.floor(Math.random()*choosearray.length);
}//end of if

//-------------------------------------------------
where quno is a variable loaded from a txt file
quno=1,2;

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[Edited by rasha ali on 06-16-2002 at 01:42 PM]

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I don't know if flash allows this but I'm calling the function:

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Each of these functions work fine when alone, but when i put the easefade function in as the callback for the other function then it is executed right away. Does flash allow having two or more layers of function variables (IE function variables within function variables like im trying to do).

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Dear all,

I am building an application using flash that reads XML documents that contain information such as date/course/file-type/file-text about a set of documents. The content of these text documents could be in spanish, english, french, etc., in the xml document, the content is copied in a <![CDATA[ ]] tag.

The function onLoad behaves incorrectly when the text contained in the <![CDATA[ ]> tag has spanish characters such as accented vowels, or – or “ ...
onLoad stops reading the xml file and reports a wrong document length. This function stops counting the xml document nodes when it encounters text that has any of the characters mentioned above.

The following encoding is used:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>

An example of one node of an xml document that causes the onLoad function to stop counting is copied here:

- <text>
- <![CDATA[
AutoevaluaciónAprendí muchísimo en esta clases de español. Primero, me gusta que la clase fue muy íntima porque no había demasiados estudiantes en la clase. También, los estudiantes que asisten la clase estuvieron confiados a aprender la lengua y convertirse en hablantes fluidos. Además, usted estaba muy dedicada a ayudándonos a alcanzar estas metas. He visto una mejora en casi toda parte de mi sistema de habilidad español. Puedo escribir ensayos largos de varios tipos y temas. Puedo hacer proyectos de investigación totalmente en español. Aprendí como dar presentaciones largas en español enfrente de una clase. También, empecé a escribir más poesía en español este cuatrimestre. Yo había esperado que mis destrezas orales habría mejoradas más. Es obvio que yo necesito practicar más. En el futuro, espero que yo continuo a mover más cerca y más cerca de mis metas. Mil gracias para una clase fenomenal.
]]>
</text>

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Hi,

I'm a bit stuck here. I have a flash movie which contains lots of separate movie clips they all have this code attached:

onClipEvent (load) {

x = Math.random();

this._quality = "high";
this._x = random(250) + 25;
this._y = random(250) + 25;
speed = random(10) + 10;
diff = 250;
}
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}
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overshooty = random(diff) - diff/2;
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// chase
target_x = _root.lead._x + overshootx;
target_y = _root.lead._y + overshooty;
this_x = GetProperty(/:this,_x);
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distance_y = target_y - this_y;
setProperty (/:this, _x, this_x + (distance_x/speed));
setProperty (/:this, _y, this_y + (distance_y/speed));

_xscale = _yscale = 35*(Math.sin(x)+3);
x+=0.025
}

However, when played back on a PC of a lower spec than mine it is very slow. I know that this is because the player is having to read the same code again and again on every MC. Is there a way I could incorporate this code and use it only once, thus speeding everything up????????? Could you explain it fairly simply as I'm quite new to Flash.

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This function is on Frame 1 of my main timeline
Code:
function sceneryMotion() {
k += .2;
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currentY = getProperty(this, _y);
this._x = currentX-(k*20);
this._y = currentY+(k*3);
thisWidth = getProperty(this, _width);
this._width = thisWidth*1.18;
thisHeight = getProperty(this, _height);
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if (this._y>=+400) {
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}
}
This is on the first frame of a MC that gets attached to the _root
Code:
onEnterFrame = function () {
sceneryMotion();
}
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I am a beginner at actionscript but wanting to "know" more
I have a set of varirables that I repeatedly check and attach an action to based on the condition
I have placed this list of actions on different "labeled" frames through out my movie
or in this case, different key places on a website

for example: each loaded movie has a "status" that is declared on it's own 1st frame, and I check it per level that it is loaded on to control that level.

if (_level1.status=="loaded"){
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}

I was thinking it might be better to put this list of script into a function, so that when I need to check for these conditions I just call up the function (and when I need to add an additional condition I just add to the function or "master list of variable")

not sure how to do this and then call it up
the following is my attempt at defining a function named "checkvars"

function checkvars() {
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}
if (_level0.mc03loaded=="yes"){
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}
if (_level0.mc02loaded=="yes"){
_level2.gotoAndStop("Blank");
}
if (_level0.mc01loaded=="yes"){
_level1.gotoAndStop("Blank")
}
if (_level5.status=="loaded"){
unloadMovieNum(5);
}
if (_level6.status=="loaded"){
unloadMovieNum(6);
}
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