# External 2 dimensional array (please help)

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**Created:** [August 1, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-2-dimensional-array-please-help/195538 "2006-08-01T14:34:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 1, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-2-dimensional-array-please-help/195538/1 "2006-08-01T14:34:38Z")

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I have been working on this flash project for some time now. it is a calender program, one week at a time. (see the screencapture). My problem right now is that i am trying to load data into flash from a database as a two diminsional array. currently i have a two diminsional array in flash named num. num holds values for the color of each box: for example num[2][0] holds a number (1-8, each corresponding with a color) for the first box in moday for employee 3.

How would i parse information so that the arrays can be filled with data from a text or asp file (MIME format). I tried to do this:

num[0][0]=2&num[1][2]  
but it didnt work.

basically my question is, how do i parse (externally load) data into a two dimensional array (in flash)?

i read [http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/external\_array.htm](http://www.kirupa.com/developer/mx2004/external_array.htm)  
but i cant seem to adopt it to a two dimensional array.  
please help!  
thanks