# 2-dimensional array needed, almost there?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-dimensional-array-needed-almost-there/34585
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [November 4, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-dimensional-array-needed-almost-there/34585 "2003-11-04T08:45:31Z")
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### Author: ![keitai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/73ab20/32.png) [@keitai](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/keitai)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2003, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/2-dimensional-array-needed-almost-there/34585/1 "2003-11-04T08:45:31Z")

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Hi all,

Need help with this. Just a simple multiple choice quiz: questions and possible answers are in a xml-file, like

> 

\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“iso-8859-1”?\>  
\<quiz\>  
\<q1\>  
\<text\>How old is the oldest tree?\</text\>  
\<correct\>3\</correct\>  
\<a1\>50\</a1\>  
\<a2\>150\</a2\>  
\<a3\>250\</a3\>  
\<a4\>350\</a4\>  
\</q1\>  
\<q2\>  
\<text\>What is the formula for a cicrle?\</text\>  
\<correct\>1\</correct\>  
\<a1\>2pir\</a1\>  
\<a2\>e=mc\</a2\>  
\<a3\>x=y\*(3.14/34)\</a3\>  
\<a4\>3.50\</a4\>  
\</q2\>  
\</quiz\>

IN my flash movie i got the following AS:

```auto

//load the dyn data and put it arrays questions, correct answer and answers

quizContent = new XML ();
quizContent.ignoreWhite = true;
quizContent.onLoad = function (success) {
	//test if the data has been loaded succesfully
	if (success) {
		trace ("Qiuz.xml succesfully loaded.");
		processQuiz (quizContent);
		} else {
		trace ("Something went wrong");
	}
};
quizContent.load ("quiz.xml");
//what to do with all the xml data
//create an array for each questions
// Create an array to contain each question's correct answer.
// create an multiarray for a 4-part answers
processQuiz = function (quiz_xml) {
	quiz = new Object ();
	quiz.questions = new Array();
	quiz.correct = new Array();
	quiz.multiAnswers = new Array();
	//parsing the xml file
	rootXML = quiz_xml.firstChild;
	for (var n = 0; n<rootXML.childNodes.length; n++) {
		trace ("Push: "+rootXML.childNodes[n].firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue);
		quiz.questions.push(rootXML.childNodes[n].firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue);
		for (var j = 0; j<rootXML.childNodes[n].childNodes.length; j++) {
		trace (rootXML.childNodes[n].childNodes[j].firstChild.nodeValue);
		}
		quiz.correct.push(rootXML.childNodes[n].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue)
		//now we want to store all answers for each question in an array called answers
		//store all answers
        //myArray* = new Array(4);
		quiz.answers[n] = new Array();
        for (a=2; a<6; a++) {
			//store each answer
                quiz.answers[n].push(rootXML.childNodes[n].childNodes[a].firstChild.nodeValue);
        		trace("The answer is: "+rootXML.childNodes[n].childNodes[a].firstChild.nodeValue);
		}
		quiz.multiAnswers.push(quiz.answers[n]);
		trace("huh "+quiz.answers[n]);
}

	
	trace ("First question: "+quiz.questions[0]);
	trace ("Correct answers " +quiz.correct);
	trace ("All answers " +quiz.multiAnswers);
};

```

Furthermore, i think i understand the dimensional array. In the end i want, based on the xml file:

```auto

quiz.multiAnswers = [[50,150,250,350],[1,2pir,e=mc,x=y*,3.50]]

```

So i can put the array content in dyn. textfield by adressing them like quiz.multiAnsers[0][1] gives me “150”, right?

thnks in advanced.