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Virtual Student Yrbook: Variables>Arrays>Variables? SOMEBODY RESCUE ME
Hello, All.

I am totally stumped. I am creating a student virtual yearbook, which displays students names with pictures. I cant find a totally understandable tutorial that teaches me how to extract variables from an array. So I created an asp file that writes out all of the student records to different variable names, and load them using loadvariablesnum(). Using this ASP file works, but once I click the exit button to take me back to the front page, it is as if all of my other variables are erased.

I dont completely understand levels when it comes to loading variables, so everything is loaded like this

loadVariablesNum("http://10.0.1.2/tp/tpod/processGet_studentInfo.asp", 0, "GET"); --- "POST" gives me the same results...

To view the pictures you would click a button on SCENE 4, and it takes you to "VIEW STUDENTS PICTURES" - SCENE 11. 'EXIT' sends you back up to Scene 4, which runs an ASP file which simply grabs a message that is updated every 30 minutes. What Level would I use here??? I have tried many.

Everything works beautifully until I exit the VIEW STUDENTS PICTURES page from Scene11

I've written a pretty sizeable file that uses lots of variables.

I am pretty sure that the problem is with the ASP file: "processGet_studentInfo.asp" - because when I comment it out, the application works fine.

::::::::::::SUPPORTING INFO BELOW:::::::::::::::

Here are the variables that "processGet_studentInfo.asp" creates:
&varStudent1=Crystal&varImagePath1=http%3A%2F%2F10 %2E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FCrystal%2Ej pg&varStudent2=Brandy&varImagePath2=http%3A%2F%2F1 0%2E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FBrandy%2Ej pg&varStudent3=Angel&varImagePath3=http%3A%2F%2F10 %2E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FAngel%2Ejpg &varStudent4=Cathy&varImagePath4=http%3A%2F%2F10%2 E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FCathy%2Ejpg&v arStudent5=Destiny&varImagePath5=http%3A%2F%2F10%2 E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FDestiny%2Ejpg &varStudent6=Amber&varImagePath6=http%3A%2F%2F10%2 E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FAmber%2Ejpg&v arStudent7=lester&varImagePath7=http%3A%2F%2F10%2E 0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2Flester%2Ejpg&v arStudent8=paul&varImagePath8=http%3A%2F%2F10%2E0% 2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2Fpaul%2Ejpg&varSt udent9=Ginger&varImagePath9=http%3A%2F%2F10%2E0%2E 1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FGinger%2Ejpg&varSt udent10=Brittany&varImagePath10=http%3A%2F%2F10%2E 0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FBrittany%2Ejpg &varStudent11=chad&varImagePath11=http%3A%2F%2F10% 2E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2Fchad%2Ejpg&v arStudent12=jaden&varImagePath12=http%3A%2F%2F10%2 E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2Fjaden%2Ejpg&v arStudent13=Jami+Lynn&varImagePath13=http%3A%2F%2F 10%2E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FJami+Lynn %2Ejpg&varStudent14=kara&varImagePath14=http%3A%2F %2F10%2E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2Fkara%2 Ejpg&varStudent15=Cody&varImagePath15=http%3A%2F%2 F10%2E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FCody%2Ej pg&varStudent16=darla&varImagePath16=http%3A%2F%2F 10%2E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2Fdarla%2Ej pg&varStudent17=Jenna&varImagePath17=http%3A%2F%2F 10%2E0%2E1%2E2%2Ftp%2Ftschool%2Fimages%2FJenna%2Ej pg&varStudentCount=17&varENDER=1

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Here is the meat & potatoes of the ASP file that created this:
oRS.Open "SELECT * FROM STUDENTS", oConn, 2, 3

' Move to the first record
oRS.MoveFirst

'Loop to output all the query results to the document
do while not oRS.eof

' counter to give each record a sequential listing
counter=counter+1

Response.Write "&varstudentname" & counter & "=" & Server.URLEncode(oRS("studentname"))& "&varImagePath"& counter & "=" & Server.URLEncode(oRS("ImagePath"))

' move to the next record
oRS.movenext
loop

'LET FLASH KNOW THAT WE ARE DONE RETRIEVING
Response.Write "&varStudentCount=" & counter
Response.Write "&varENDER=finished"
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Please help.

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RE; Arrays, Variables And The Like.....
okay,okay.... i think i need to tell you more...

i have 12 blocks, each with an instance name, block01 to block12.

these blocks are all movieclips which hold buttons.
within the movieclip part of them they hold a script which makes them move. eg:

onClipEvent (load) {
this._x = 94;
endPosx = 207.1;
movex = 0;
this._y = 63;
endPosy = 216.0;
movex = 0;
}
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
movex += (endPosx-this._x)/50;
movex *= 0.82;
this._x += movex;
movey += (endPosy-this._y)/50;
movey *= 0.82;
this._y += movey;
}

within the button part of them they hold this...

on (press){
this._y = currentposy;
endPosy = 198.9;
movey = 0;
currentposy = _y
this._x = currentposx;
endPosx = 76.0
movex = 0;
currentposx = _x
movey += (endPosy - this._y)/32;
movey *= 0.85;this._y += movey;

movex += (endPosx-this._x)/32;
movex *= 0.85;this._x += movex;
stopAllSounds ();
loadMovie ("onestate.swf", "_level1");
}

of course each block has its own postion on the stage so the number above differ from block to block.

what i want to do is that when one of the blocks moves to its position (when the user clicks it) for any block no matter which one, that is in its destination position to be moved back to its correct starting place.

its kinda like a big record juke box, when you select one it replaces the one that is already there and the finished one goes back to its place... does this make more sense

any one who can help would be an absolute star...!!

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Arrays And Variables Please
Hi,

I am in the middle of learning Gaming using Flash 5. So far i have been doing not to bad. My only frustrating problem is that i dont know how to set games up so that there are congratulation screens, and well done items etc when the user has succesfully completed the game. Obviously having these would give the games a purpose rather than just being neverending animations.

I already have a game online that i have been playing about with which can be viewed at:

http://www.gcal.ac.uk/bta/games/sliding_game/game.swf

What i would like to do is, when the image is complete and the squares are all in the correct place, the movie will either go to a frame, a scene or whatever to say well done, or congratulations.

i would assume that it would be done using some sort of if/then statment i.e if square 1 is there, and square to is there, and square 3 is there, then goto frame2.

However, i have been told i need variables and arrays. This is where i get stuck. Can someone please explain to me, in a way that a 2 year old would understand, how i would go about acheiving my congrats thing, using variables and arrays. And also explain why it is done that way if possible.

I hope you can help

Many thanks

spiderman

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Variables In ARRAYS
having a problem with variables in an array.

lets say you have:

var1 = "whatever"

myArray = new Array (var1);

is there a way later to have var 1 change.

everytime i re-assign var1 - the array doesn't get updated. is ther something i'm mssing?

thanks

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Arrays And Variables?
I hope some one can look at this .fla and help me out here, I think this is a problem with my understanding of arrays

As you will see, the sections are defined by an array, so the headings are also based on this....What I would now like to do is to add content to each of the sections....I am rather new to arrays, but I do understand most actionscript (btw this is FlashMX)
I assume that what I need to do is to create a dynamic text field in section_mc with a variable name such as "myContent" (in the same way as "mySection") and then assign a value to it...this is the bit I am stuck on. I need it to call up a text file or something similar, but it has to know what section it refers to

I hope this makes sense, Hopefully, the fla is a bit clearer

JennyJ

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Variables & Arrays
Hi All,

I have a variable that is a sentence. I need to put each word into its own array. Does anyone know how to do that in Flash 5?

thanks,
Janet

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Variables Looking At Arrays
I have this bit of code which works great. It's basically looking at my array and placing the correct number of buttons. The problem is, I need it to place one button for every 5 items in the array. So say there were 15 items in the array, only 3 buttons would be placed, etc. I can't figure out how to do that.
Code:
for (h=1; h<=products.length; h++) {
_root.attachMovie("BtnMC", "Btn"+h, h+1000);
eval("Btn"+h).noText = h;
with (eval("Btn"+h)) {
_x = h*20-10;
_y = 240;

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Arrays As Variables
I want a variable that is changed by an array.

Here is what I put in the first actions frame on the main timeline:

spin = 10;

This is put into a MC to rotate it:

onClipEvent(enterFrame){
this._rotation +=_root.spin;
}

This works. Now I want an array to control the variable spin. Such as

spinArray = new Array(0, 0, 1, 32, 64, 51, 33, 32, 36);

How do I get spinArray to act as the variable spin? I am using flash MX

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Arrays And Variables
i have created a number of variables and arrays in my flash movie

drink="sodas";
food="lunch";

sodas = new Array("Coke","Sprite","Pepsi",...);
juices = new Array("Apple Juice","Orange Juice",...);
water = new Array("Tab Water","Bottled Water",...);

by using a number of on-release commands i have the variables drink and food changed.

later on when i want to display in a dynamic text field (display), the third item [2] in the drinks array by referring to the current variable drink, i am unsuccessful. i have tried the following lines:

display =drink[2];
or
display=Array("drink"+"[2]");
or
display="drink"+"[2]"

i think the problems lies in the fact that it reads the current value for the variable "drink" and concatenates it with "[2]" instead of displaying the proper array[2].

does it make sense? please help. any advice is appreciated.
thank you.

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Arrays As Variables?
hi guys, so i have question
why cant the variable "height" modify the position of y? =S im new at ac so i dont know if an element of an array can be a variable? and how do i make it a variable?
this is a par of the code im writing to make a group of movieclips appear offstage in a random positions as long as it is offstage (i know the array is not random since i give the values of each element but i tried by putting y= math.random * number?... but in the coordinates i didnt knew how to specify that it could be any random number exept the lenght of the stage)

onClipEvent (load) {
myArray = new Array ();
myArray[0]=-100;
myArray[1]= 0;
myArray[2]=100;
myArray[3]=200;
myArray[4]=300;
variable= Math.random () * 4;
myArray2= myArray.slice (variable,variable+1);
Height = myArray2
trace (Height)
trace (this._y)
this._x = 200;
this._y = Height;
}
i really apreciate any help u guys can give me
peace out

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Variables And Arrays
Another array question for everyone.

Let's say I have a student database. Each student has characterists, ie., Name, Age, and Hometown.

I have an overall array on my page that I want to process whatever student info that comes in. Whichever student is chosen (chosenStudent) will be set to a specific variable matching that student, i.e. , student_24, or student_23, or student_22, etc...

display= [[chosenStudent]_Name, [chosenStudent]_Age, [chosenStudent]_Hometown];

Eventually each part of this array points to a texfield that will display the
information.

My question is, whats the best way to format the data that I want sent into the array. I know one way is this:

student_24 = ["Bob"];
student_24= ["22"];
student_24= ["Springfield"];

student_23 = ["Lucy"]
student_23 = ["35"]
student_23 = ["Springfield"];

Is what I'm doing possible, and efficient?

Hope this isn't confusing, I'm a little confused myself.

thanks for the help everyone.

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Hi all,

I need some help targeting movie clip variables. I have a MC called "toolbar" and inside of that a script on the first frame that duplicates a movie clip. Inside that MC which is duplicated is a text field called "mcname".

Hence, the heirarchy is like this:

Code:
_root
toolbar
duplicated movie clip (toggle_bashful)
So I can change that variable like this:

Code:
toggle_bashful.mcname = "something";
The problem comes when I include it in a loop. The variable called "MC" grabs a value from an array. When i test it like this it returns the right value (in this case for the first item in the array it returns "toggle_bashful"):

Code:
trace (mc);
Yet it simply will not work when I do this:

Code:
mc.mcname = "something";
In theory, this should be the exact same thing as the first code block.

Help!

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is it possible to load variables from a remote txt file into an array??????? i think it has to work as an associative array but just cant figure out who its going to work

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myArray = new Array();
myArray = [[hol_offer1, hol_date1, hol_price1, hol_company1, hol_url1],
[hol_offer2, hol_date2, hol_price2, hol_company2, hol_url2],
[hol_offer3, hol_date3, hol_price3, hol_company3, hol_url3],
[hol_offer4, hol_date4, hol_price4, hol_company4, hol_url4],
[hol_offer5, hol_date5, hol_price5, hol_company5, hol_url5],
[hol_offer6, hol_date6, hol_price6, hol_company6, hol_url6],
[hol_offer7, hol_date7, hol_price7, hol_company7, hol_url7],
[hol_offer8, hol_date8, hol_price8, hol_company8, hol_url8],
[hol_offer9, hol_date9, hol_price9, hol_company9, hol_url9],
[hol_offer10, hol_date10, hol_price10, hol_company10, hol_url10]];

I want to call each group of five variables on a looping basis starting with myArray[0][1]. so I need to change the first index going from 0-9. Does anyone have any idea how I can make this loop because I have been unable to get anything to work correct.

Thanks

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Hi, Im trying to put variables into arrays, but I can't make it work.
Here's the code Im using, can anyone help me?

var count = 3
var dayArray = new Array(count);
var day1, day2, day3;
day1 = "2";
day2 = "3";
day3 = "4";

for(j=0; j < dayArray.length; j++)
{
I tried all these, but didn't work
dayArray[j] = day add j; <<---try #1
dayArray[j] = "day"+j; <<--try #2
dayArray[j] = day + j; <<--try #3

days.addItem(dayArray[j]);
}

}
Im just trying to make the combobox label display 2, 3, 4. I need the program written this way for a certain purpose, so please do not give a whole different kind of script, this would do fine, only if I can make it work, Thanx a miilion!

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ok.... took ou the other code so its easier to digest...

----------------------------------
ACOUNT = 3;

for (i=1; i<>ACOUNT+1; i++)
{eval("gennum"+i) = myarray[i]};
----------------------------------

basically what I want to happen is
to make
gennum1 = myarray[1],
gennum2 = myarray[2],
gennum3 = myarray[3], etc....

but the eval statement is giving me an error.... shouldn't this work?

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thanks

x

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To date when I author a site with multiple sections I start with a shell movie the load movies into containers for each section. I use variables on the main timeline to determine if lets say the mc contact_form.swf is running. What ends up happening is that when I launch a section, the onRelease runs through a set of conditionals to determine what's running, and if it's "running", it sends that movie to a park frame....it works....easy enough.

In getting deeper into actionscript (and wanting my code to be streamlined and clean), i thought that rather than run through all those conditionals on each onRelease, wouldn't it be better if I used a function whatsLoaded() that would load instance names of the mc containers that were running.

Code:
function whatsRunning(){
runningArray = new Array();
if (_root.movie1 == "LOADED"){
runningArray.push("movie1");
}
if (_root.movie 2 == "RUNNING"){
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Populating the array with the instance names was easy and work as I trace the result (below). But next I wanted to create another line that runs a for loop through the array and sends each open mc to a park frame....I've got the script started, but am stuck...

Code:
_root.nav.contact.Button.onRelease = function() {
whatsRunning();
for (i=0; i < runningArray.length; i++){
//trace(runningArray[i]);
_root.runningArray[i].gotoAndPlay("fade_out");
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it's that last line that I know is wrong...I've looked in all my books, etc...first to try and figure it out, but can't. I need help. Ideas???

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hi, this is a simplified version of my problem; i want to trace adress different arrays through a variable:

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var array_1:Array = ["1","2","3"];
var array_2:Array = ["A","B","C"];
$number1 = random(2);
$number2 = random(2);
$instance = "array_" + $number1;

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i know why it's not working like i want it to do, but i don't know any other solution...
thanks a lot for your help,
peter

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}

when I want to retrieve bannerTextes from a function:

var setBannerTextes = function () {

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banner_mc["bannerText_mc"+i].createTextField ("bannerText_txt",1,0,0,0,0)
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}
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It's undefined. The only way it seems to have a _global array...

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I have now come to a standstill in the project as there is something I'd like to achieve but simply cannot work out how. This is my first attempt at working with XML in Flash and one of my early attempts at using variables.

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I know it probably sounds simple and I'm sure some of you could achieve this in 5 minutes (!) but I can't get my head around some of the coding. I assume previousSibling and nextSibling would come into play here as well as some sort of functions which access arrays of data for the previous and next items, but I'm just not sure how to correctly put these things to use.

Rather than post my code and example images of the stage up here on the forums, I've created an html page here: http://www.basemedia.com.au/hosted/help

Please, if you think you can be of any help, check it out. I would really appreciate it.
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Hello all,

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So below I have two arrays.

ActionScript Code:
var textArray:Array = [one, two, three];var newArray:Array = ["one", "two", "three"];for (var i:String in newArray) { this.attachMovie("circle", newArray[i], this.getNextHighestDepth(), {_x:Math.random()*300, _y:Math.random()*200}); textArray[i].nameMC.text = newArray[i];}

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ActionScript Code:
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everything works fine, but the arrays won't. So:

ActionScript Code:
textArray[i].nameMC.text = "hello";

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Hey,

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Anyway, I'm asking for someone to help... but, not through the forums... but through Skype. I think I need someone to explain it to me through voice, so I can immediately ask any follow up questions. I need to hear it. (Don't ask how that's any different.)

So, if anyone's willing to help though Skype... private message me so we can exchange Skype names. I'm on Eastern Standard Time, available only in the late evenings. If it's on a weekend... I can probably stay up later, if you happen to be in Japan or Australia.

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myarray[i]=[this.myvariable[i]];
}

with the intent of getting

myarray1=myvariable1;
myarray2=myvariable2;
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Code:
var testing:Array = new Array();
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one = 50;
two = 50;
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Last edited by phlop : 2006-07-10 at 15:34.

Hey there, trying to put some actions on buttons that are being dynamically created in a loop.

It worked fine, until I am trying to use the String.toLowerCase(); function.

The basic of my code is as follows.
The function gets run for each in the loop.

ActionScript Code:
var myString:Array = [];

function myFunction(i){
create new movie clip, move to position,

movieClip[i].onRelease = function(){
myURL = "http://www.blah.com"+variable[i]+".htm";
myString[i] = myURL.toLowerCase();
getURL(myString[i]);
}
delete myURL;
}

Anyone know why this remains undefined?
When I take the toLowerCase out, it works fine...

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Still easy? - Thats good keep reading caus im about stuck here!

Through 6 text files i have to make the second level buttons. The number of second level buttons displayed also will be customised by the external text file.

Have you got any ideas of how i can do this?

I am more stuck than someone who has licked some ice on a sky slope... or someone who accidently trod in some quick drying cement and had a conversation for an hour... or someone who emptied 8 bottles of superglue on one hand and then pushed a brick wall for a min. Im STUCK! Like the examples?!!! LoL

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Maybe im going about it the wrong way?

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Hello everybody,

I have a problem thats driving me nutsssss

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BArray[0].identity = aIdentity
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My cgi echoes the variables back to the browser so this is how I know.

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D

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Easy! Got that to work fine!
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the second to last line gets the error and I don't know how to phrase it.

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If the user writes, for example "five" -> no.

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Code:
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// in our library.

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----------------------------------------------------------------

Attach Code

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