{"id":517,"date":"2010-06-04T07:56:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/actionsnippet.com\/?p=2936"},"modified":"2010-06-04T07:56:41","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T14:56:41","slug":"fill-in-the-blank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/actionsnippet.com\/?p=517","title":{"rendered":"Fill in the Blank"},"content":{"rendered":"
\r\n\r\nvar story:String = "Fill in the _____.";\r\n\r\n\r\nvar txt:TextField = new TextField();\r\ntxt.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat("Georgia", 20);\r\ntxt.width = stage.stageWidth;\r\ntxt.multiline = true;\r\ntxt.wordWrap = true;\r\ntxt.text = story;\r\naddChild(txt);\r\n\r\nvar alph:Array = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz".split("");\r\nvar keys:Object = {};\r\nfor (var i:int = 0; i<alph.length; i++){\r\n\tkeys[65 + i] = alph[i];\r\n}\r\nstage.addEventListener(KeyboardEvent.KEY_DOWN, onKeyPressed);\r\nfunction onKeyPressed(evt:KeyboardEvent):void{\r\n\t \r\n\tif (evt.keyCode == Keyboard.ENTER){\r\n\t\tstory = "Fill in the _____.";\r\n\t\ttxt.text = story;\r\n\t}\r\n\t\r\n\tfor (var i:int = 0; i<story.length; i++){\r\n\t\tif (story.charAt(i) == "_"){\r\n\t\t\tvar head:String = story.substr(0, i);\r\n\t\t\tvar tail:String = story.substr(i + 1);\r\n\t\t\tvar letter:String = keys[evt.keyCode];\r\n\t\t\tif (!letter) return;\r\n\t\t\tstory = head + letter + tail;\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\ttxt.text = story;\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tbreak;\r\n\t\t}\r\n\t}\r\n}\r\n<\/pre>\n
I needed to do a fill in the blank for a personal project that I’m working on and this is what I came up with. Have a look at the swf here:<\/p>\n
(you need to click first so you can type with the keyboard):
\nFill in the blank<\/a>