Easiest way to order array from a string word - Interesting - arrays

Question

I am writing a childrens game and it consists of letter blocks.
The child has to put the blocks in a correct order (following silhouettes) to spell the word
Now my question is I have 2 Arrays.
var myLetters = new Array(
new BlockC(),
new BlockA(),
new BlockB()
);
public static var myLetters2 = new Array(
new BlockC(),
new BlockA(),
new BlockB()
);
So you see this is setup to spell the word C A B.
What i would would like to do is have a string variable that i can put the word in to and then have code fill the array in the correct order.
i.e.
var word:String = "CAB";
Hope this makes sense and i can get some good help from you guys
Thanks

Answer 1

If I understand the question correctly, here is one way of doing it :
var word:String = "CAB";
var letterClassMapping:Object = {
"C":BlockC,
"A":BlockA,
"B":BlockB
};
var myLetters:Array = [];
for(var i:int=0; i<word.length; i++) {
myLetters.push( new letterClassMapping[word.charAt(i)]() );
}
Another way is to use getDefinitionByName to get the class type :
var classType:Class = getDefinitionByName("Block" + word.charAt(i)) as Class;
myLetters.push(new classType());

Answer 2

You seem to need a letter collection with corresponding classes. So, you make yourself an Object of the following srtructure:
private static var LETTERS:Object={A:BlockA,B:BlockB,C:BlockC};
Then you split your word by single letters (copy one letter out of a word into a new string) and then you can get corresponding class via LETTERS[letter], and a new instance of that class via new LETTERS[letter]();

Answer 3

You can also create toString() functions in Your object and thant join array .
In class create function :
public class BlockA {
public function toString():String {
return "A";
}
}
And than You can join array items :
var arr:Array = [new BlockA , new BlockB , new BlockC];
trace(arr.join(""));
// and compare to Your string:
arr.join("") == word;