# Label instead of Data

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/label-instead-of-data/7010>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 21, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/label-instead-of-data/7010 "2002-10-21T23:30:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![waffe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@waffe](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/waffe)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/label-instead-of-data/7010/1 "2002-10-21T23:30:58Z")

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The line of code below looks at the data list of a listbox.  
How can I have the getValue command look at the label list of a listbox

What the code does  
if (combobox.getValue() == “data”)

What I would like it to do  
if (combobox.getValue() == “label”)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2002, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/label-instead-of-data/7010/2 "2002-10-21T23:56:07Z")

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Set your data to the same as your labels.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/label-instead-of-data/7010/3 "2002-10-22T00:03:20Z")

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Nice try but this will not work for me because I am trying not to use the data list at all.:cowboy:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/label-instead-of-data/7010/4 "2002-10-22T00:15:22Z")

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Any particular reason for that?  
It’s how this component works, it’s s’posed to make your life easier by just filling in the labels and data, not making it harder… 😉

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 7:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/label-instead-of-data/7010/5 "2002-10-22T19:17:20Z")

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onChange = function ()  
{ if (combobox.getValue() == “label”)  
{screen.loadSound(getValue() == “data”, true);}

Ok I know this is not correct code, but it is the idea I am showing.

label= what you see in the listbox.  
Data= the url of the mp3.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2002, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/label-instead-of-data/7010/6 "2002-10-22T21:03:13Z")

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Wrong syntax: it’s  
combobox.getItemSelected().label;  
combobox.getItemSelected().data;

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2002, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/label-instead-of-data/7010/7 "2002-10-23T00:52:34Z")

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Makes sense, thank you.🙂