# Array dismay :(

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-dismay/332665
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 17, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-dismay/332665 "2014-09-17T01:00:47Z")
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### Author: ![scottiescotsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@scottiescotsman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/scottiescotsman)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2014, 1:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/array-dismay/332665/1 "2014-09-17T01:00:47Z")

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Why don’t this work ?  
[AS]  
import com.greensock._;  
import com.greensock.easing._;  
import flash.net.URLLoader;  
import flash.net.URLRequest;  
import flash.events.Event  
import flash.events.MouseEvent;  
import flash.utils.Timer;  
import flash.events.TimerEvent;

var newsTicker:Array = [  
{head:“Margaret Thatcher”, news:“Commits”, links:“http:\”},  
{head:“Margaret”, news:“suicide”, links:“http:\”},  
{head:“Thatcher”, news:“Commits”, links:“http:\”}  
];  
var i:int = 0;  
var len:int = (newsTicker.length)-1;  
var clock:Timer = new Timer(1000,0);  
clock.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, newsUpdate);  
clock.start();  
function newsUpdate(evt:Event):void{  
newsMC.newsTxt.text = newsTicker.obj.head\*+"…"+newsTicker.obj.news\*;

i++;  
if (i\>len){i=0};  
}  
[/AS]