PD: Actually, the parseInt part is not needed if you are going to manipulate the input as text...
So, you can change this line: resultTxt.text = (parseInt(ageField.text) + inputChar).toString(); to: resultTxt.text = ageField.text + inputChar; Since parseInt(ageField.text) is converted to a string anyway before being concatenated to inputChar. You should also restrict the input text to accept only numbers or validate the input by yourself. Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2008/5/17, Juan Pablo Califano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > It seems like the TEXT_INPUT event is fired before the .text property is > set with the user's input. So, when you try to read the value from the text > input, it returns an empty string; which, parsed as an integer, returns NaN. > > So, you have get the current input char from the event.text field, and > check if the input text has a lenght > 0. > > You can try something like this: > > stop(); > > ageField.addEventListener(TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT, convertAge); > > function convertAge(event:TextEvent):void { > > trace("ageField.text.length:"+ageField.text.length); > > var resultTxt:TextField = new TextField(); > resultTxt.border = true; > addChild(resultTxt); > > var inputChar:String = event.text; > > if(ageField.text.length > 0) { > resultTxt.text = (parseInt(ageField.text) + inputChar).toString(); > } else { > resultTxt.text = inputChar; > } > } > Cheers > Juan Pablo Califano > > > 2008/5/17, Steven Sacks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> Your textfield is probably set to multiline or something like that. >> Anything like a carriage return will cause parseInt to break. >> >> rlyn ben wrote: >> >>> need to display number to the resultTxt but when i press the first number >>> it displays NaN.. when i enter the second number.. it display the number but >>> with the NaN.. :( >>> stop(); >>> ageField.addEventListener(TextEvent.TEXT_INPUT, convertAge); >>> function convertAge (event:TextEvent):Number { >>> var resultTxt:TextField = new TextField(); >>> resultTxt.border = true; >>> addChild(resultTxt); >>> >>> var userAge:Number; >>> var ageStr:String; >>> ageStr = ageField.text; >>> userAge = parseInt(ageStr); >>> userAge.toString(); >>> resultTxt.text = String(userAge); >>> return userAge; >>> } >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flashcoders mailing list >>> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>> >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders