Pass parameters to the eventhandler

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Hey again Kirupians,

Is there any way to shorten this code by passing parameters to the eventhandler through the addeventlistener?

For example, this is the code:


upBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, goUp)
downBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, goDown)

function goUp(e:MouseEvent):void{
     makeChange("up")
}

function goDown(e:MouseEvent):void{
     makeChange("down")
}

function makeChange(msg):void{
     trace (msg)// up if up pressed, down if down pressed
}

Is there some sort of way to do:


upBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, makeChange(up))
downBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, makeChange(down))

function makeChange(msg):void{
     trace (msg)// up if up pressed, down if down pressed
}

Basically, just pass the params to the handler through the listener… I hope there is, this is getting tedious…

Cheers!